#8E271D#8E271D

#8E271D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.140 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E271D
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 42.66, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 52.96, 36.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.1219 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.14 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1040, 7.2924, 1.9324)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E271D #1D848E

analogous

#8E1D4B #8E271D #8E5F1D

triadic

#8E271D #1D8E27 #271D8E

tetradic

#8E271D #4B8E1D #1D848E #5F1D8E

square

#8E271D #4B8E1D #1D848E #5F1D8E

split-complementary

#8E271D #1D8E5F #1D4B8E

monochromatic

#280B08 #5B1913 #8E271D #C13527 #DA584B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8E271D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E271D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E271D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E271D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E271D	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e271d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.140 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7685a',
    500: '#8e271d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e271d;
$custom-light: #b7685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e271d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.31,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43415,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E271D

secondary

#4AB2BD

accent

#DAE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E271D

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

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