#8D272E#8D272E

#8D272E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.137 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D272E
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, 43.16, 20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 47.97, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.1274 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.137 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2044, 7.3128, 3.3531)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D272E #278D86

analogous

#8D2761 #8D272E #8D5327

triadic

#8D272E #2E8D27 #272E8D

tetradic

#8D272E #618D27 #278D86 #53278D

square

#8D272E #618D27 #278D86 #53278D

split-complementary

#8D272E #278D53 #27618D

monochromatic

#2D0C0F #5D1A1E #8D272E #BD343E #D25C64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8D272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8D272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D272E

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D272E	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D542B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B072A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.137 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56966',
    500: '#8d272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d272e;
$custom-light: #b56966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.882,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4349,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D272E

secondary

#59B7B1

accent

#E0D648

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D272E

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