#8E271A#8E271A

#8E271A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E271A
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 26)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.43, 42.55, 33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.43, 53.89, 37.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% 0.121 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.141 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0687, 7.2783, 1.7464)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E271A #1A818E

analogous

#8E1A47 #8E271A #8E611A

triadic

#8E271A #1A8E27 #271A8E

tetradic

#8E271A #478E1A #1A818E #611A8E

square

#8E271A #478E1A #1A818E #611A8E

split-complementary

#8E271A #1A8E61 #1A478E

monochromatic

#270B07 #5A1911 #8E271A #C23523 #DD5645

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8E271A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E271A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E271A

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E271A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E271A	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e271a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76858',
    500: '#8e271a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e271a;
$custom-light: #b76858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e271a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.724,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43382,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E271A

secondary

#45B1BE

accent

#D8EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E271A

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

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