#8C271D#8C271D

#8C271D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.138 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C271D
RGB	rgb(140, 39, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 41.97, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 52.09, 36.32°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.12 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.138 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7639, 7.1170, 1.9164)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C271D #1D828C

analogous

#8C1D4B #8C271D #8C5E1D

triadic

#8C271D #1D8C27 #271D8C

tetradic

#8C271D #4B8C1D #1D828C #5E1D8C

square

#8C271D #4B8C1D #1D828C #5E1D8C

split-complementary

#8C271D #1D8C5E #1D4B8C

monochromatic

#270B08 #591912 #8C271D #BF3528 #D9574A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8C271D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8C271D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C271D

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C271D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C271D	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)

#453D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c271d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 39, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.138 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5685a',
    500: '#8c271d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c271d;
$custom-light: #b5685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c271d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.405,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4305,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C271D

secondary

#49B1BC

accent

#D9E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C271D

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

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