#8E272A#8E272A

#8E272A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.138 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E272A
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 43.27, 23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 49.32, 28.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% 0.1267 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.138 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3001, 7.3708, 2.9651)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E272A #278E8B

analogous

#8E275E #8E272A #8E5727

triadic

#8E272A #2A8E27 #272A8E

tetradic

#8E272A #5E8E27 #278E8B #57278E

square

#8E272A #5E8E27 #278E8B #57278E

split-complementary

#8E272A #278E57 #275E8E

monochromatic

#2E0D0E #5E1A1C #8E272A #BE3438 #D25D60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8E272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E272A

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E272A	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.138 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66963',
    500: '#8e272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e272a;
$custom-light: #b66963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.252,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.436,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E272A

secondary

#59B8B5

accent

#E0DC48

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E272A

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