#8D272C#8D272C

#8D272C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.137 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D272C
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 68.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, 43.04, 22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 48.42, 27.26°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.1266 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.137 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1659, 7.2974, 3.1503)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D272C #278D88

analogous

#8D275F #8D272C #8D5527

triadic

#8D272C #2C8D27 #272C8D

tetradic

#8D272C #5F8D27 #278D88 #55278D

square

#8D272C #5F8D27 #278D88 #55278D

split-complementary

#8D272C #278D55 #275F8D

monochromatic

#2D0C0E #5D1A1D #8D272C #BD343B #D25C62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8D272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8D272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D272C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D272C	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)

#433F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B062A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.137 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56965',
    500: '#8d272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d272c;
$custom-light: #b56965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.059,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43454,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D272C

secondary

#59B7B3

accent

#E0D848

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D272C

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

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