#8C271C#8C271C

#8C271C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.138 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C271C
RGB	rgb(140, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 41.93, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 52.40, 36.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.1197 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.138 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7517, 7.1121, 1.8524)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C271C #1C818C

analogous

#8C1C49 #8C271C #8C5F1C

triadic

#8C271C #1C8C27 #271C8C

tetradic

#8C271C #498C1C #1C818C #5F1C8C

square

#8C271C #498C1C #1C818C #5F1C8C

split-complementary

#8C271C #1C8C5F #1C498C

monochromatic

#260B08 #591912 #8C271C #BF3526 #DA5648

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8C271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8C271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C271C

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C271C	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.138 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66859',
    500: '#8c271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c271c;
$custom-light: #b66859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.893,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43039,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C271C

secondary

#48B1BC

accent

#D9EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C271C

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

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