#8D272D#8D272D

#8D272D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.137 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8D272D
RGBrgb(141, 39, 45)
HSLhsl(356, 57%, 35%)
HSVhsv(356, 72%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 72.3%, 68.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(32.49, 43.10, 21.56)
CIE-LCHlch(32.49, 48.19, 26.58°)
OKLaboklab(43.47% 0.127 0.0508)
OKLCHoklch(43.47% 0.137 21.8)
XYZxyz(12.1850, 7.3050, 3.2505)
Luminance0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8D272D #278D87
analogous
#8D2760 #8D272D #8D5427
triadic
#8D272D #2D8D27 #272D8D
tetradic
#8D272D #608D27 #278D87 #54278D
square
#8D272D #608D27 #278D87 #54278D
split-complementary
#8D272D #278D54 #27608D
monochromatic
#2D0C0E #5D1A1E #8D272D #BD343C #D25C63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53
#8D272D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46
#8D272D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D272D
8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8D272D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8D272D1.008.532.468.53
#FFFFFF8.531.0021.001.00
#0000002.4621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.531.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#433F2C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5D542A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B062A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8d272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.137 21.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56965',
    500: '#8d272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8d272d;
$custom-light: #b56965;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8d272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43472,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8D272D
secondary
#59B7B2
accent
#E0D748
background
#FBF6F6
surface
#F7EBEB
border
#D0C6C6
text
#120705
muted
#817A7A

Preview Lab

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#8D272D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva