#8C271A#8C271A

#8C271A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.138 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C271A
RGB	rgb(140, 39, 26)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 41.86, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 53.02, 37.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% 0.119 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.138 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7286, 7.1029, 1.7305)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C271A #1A7F8C

analogous

#8C1A46 #8C271A #8C601A

triadic

#8C271A #1A8C27 #271A8C

tetradic

#8C271A #468C1A #1A7F8C #601A8C

square

#8C271A #468C1A #1A7F8C #601A8C

split-complementary

#8C271A #1A8C60 #1A468C

monochromatic

#250A07 #581910 #8C271A #C03524 #DC5544

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8C271A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8C271A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C271A

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C271A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C271A	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c271a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 39, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.138 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66858',
    500: '#8c271a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c271a;
$custom-light: #b66858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c271a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.842,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43017,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C271A

secondary

#44B0BE

accent

#D8EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C271A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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