#8D271B#8D271B

#8D271B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.139 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D271B
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.25, 42.24, 32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.25, 53.15, 37.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.1203 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.139 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9092, 7.1947, 1.7983)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D271B #1B818D

analogous

#8D1B48 #8D271B #8D601B

triadic

#8D271B #1B8D27 #271B8D

tetradic

#8D271B #488D1B #1B818D #601B8D

square

#8D271B #488D1B #1B818D #601B8D

split-complementary

#8D271B #1B8D60 #1B488D

monochromatic

#260B07 #5A1911 #8D271B #C03525 #DC5647

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8D271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8D271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D271B

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D271B	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.139 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66858',
    500: '#8d271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d271b;
$custom-light: #b66858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4321,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D271B

secondary

#46B1BD

accent

#D8EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D271B

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

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