#8C271E#8C271E

#8C271E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.138 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C271E
RGB	rgb(140, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 42.01, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 51.79, 35.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.1203 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.138 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7764, 7.1220, 1.9826)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C271E #1E838C

analogous

#8C1E4C #8C271E #8C5E1E

triadic

#8C271E #1E8C27 #271E8C

tetradic

#8C271E #4C8C1E #1E838C #5E1E8C

square

#8C271E #4C8C1E #1E838C #5E1E8C

split-complementary

#8C271E #1E8C5E #1E4C8C

monochromatic

#270B08 #5A1913 #8C271E #BE3529 #D9574C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8C271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8C271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C271E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C271E	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.138 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5685a',
    500: '#8c271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c271e;
$custom-light: #b5685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43063,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C271E

secondary

#4BB2BB

accent

#DAE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C271E

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