#8E271B#8E271B

#8E271B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.140 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E271B
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, 42.59, 32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 53.58, 37.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.1213 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.14 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0801, 7.2828, 1.8063)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E271B #1B828E

analogous

#8E1B48 #8E271B #8E601B

triadic

#8E271B #1B8E27 #271B8E

tetradic

#8E271B #488E1B #1B828E #601B8E

square

#8E271B #488E1B #1B828E #601B8E

split-complementary

#8E271B #1B8E60 #1B488E

monochromatic

#270B07 #5B1911 #8E271B #C13525 #DC5747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8E271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E271B

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E271B	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)

#453E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.140 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76858',
    500: '#8e271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e271b;
$custom-light: #b76858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.261,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43392,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E271B

secondary

#47B1BE

accent

#D9EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E271B

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

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