#8D272B#8D272B

#8D272B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.137 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D272B
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 69.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 42.98, 22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 48.65, 27.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.1262 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.137 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1474, 7.2900, 3.0525)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D272B #278D89

analogous

#8D275E #8D272B #8D5627

triadic

#8D272B #2B8D27 #272B8D

tetradic

#8D272B #5E8D27 #278D89 #56278D

square

#8D272B #5E8D27 #278D89 #56278D

split-complementary

#8D272B #278D56 #275E8D

monochromatic

#2D0C0E #5D1A1C #8D272B #BD343A #D25C61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8D272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8D272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D272B

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D272B	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0529

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.137 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56964',
    500: '#8d272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d272b;
$custom-light: #b56964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.647,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43436,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D272B

secondary

#59B7B3

accent

#E0DA48

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D272B

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

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