#8D272F#8D272F

#8D272F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.137 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D272F
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 66.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 43.22, 20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 47.76, 25.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.1278 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.137 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2244, 7.3208, 3.4581)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D272F #278D85

analogous

#8D2762 #8D272F #8D5227

triadic

#8D272F #2F8D27 #272F8D

tetradic

#8D272F #628D27 #278D85 #52278D

square

#8D272F #628D27 #278D85 #52278D

split-complementary

#8D272F #278D52 #27628D

monochromatic

#2D0C0F #5D1A1F #8D272F #BD343F #D25C66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8D272F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8D272F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D272F

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D272F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D272F	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D542C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B072B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d272f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.137 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56967',
    500: '#8d272f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d272f;
$custom-light: #b56967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d272f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.294,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43509,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D272F

secondary

#59B7B0

accent

#E0D448

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D272F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →