#8D272A#8D272A

#8D272A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.137 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D272A
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 70.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, 42.93, 23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 48.89, 28.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.1258 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.137 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1293, 7.2827, 2.9571)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D272A #278D8A

analogous

#8D275D #8D272A #8D5727

triadic

#8D272A #2A8D27 #272A8D

tetradic

#8D272A #5D8D27 #278D8A #57278D

square

#8D272A #5D8D27 #278D8A #57278D

split-complementary

#8D272A #278D57 #275D8D

monochromatic

#2D0C0D #5D1A1C #8D272A #BD3438 #D25C60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8D272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8D272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D272A

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D272A	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0529

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.137 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56963',
    500: '#8d272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d272a;
$custom-light: #b56963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.235,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43419,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D272A

secondary

#59B7B4

accent

#E0DB48

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D272A

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

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