#8E271C#8E271C

#8E271C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.140 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E271C
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 42.62, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 53.27, 36.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.1216 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.14 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0919, 7.2875, 1.8683)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E271C #1C838E

analogous

#8E1C4A #8E271C #8E601C

triadic

#8E271C #1C8E27 #271C8E

tetradic

#8E271C #4A8E1C #1C838E #601C8E

square

#8E271C #4A8E1C #1C838E #601C8E

split-complementary

#8E271C #1C8E60 #1C4A8E

monochromatic

#280B08 #5B1912 #8E271C #C13526 #DB5749

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8E271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E271C

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E271C	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)

#453E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.140 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76859',
    500: '#8e271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e271c;
$custom-light: #b76859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.789,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43404,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E271C

secondary

#49B2BD

accent

#D9EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E271C

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

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