#8E272D#8E272D

#8E272D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.138 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E272D
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.69, 43.44, 21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.69, 48.62, 26.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.1279 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.138 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3558, 7.3931, 3.2585)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E272D #278E88

analogous

#8E2760 #8E272D #8E5427

triadic

#8E272D #2D8E27 #272D8E

tetradic

#8E272D #608E27 #278E88 #54278E

square

#8E272D #608E27 #278E88 #54278E

split-complementary

#8E272D #278E54 #27608E

monochromatic

#2E0D0F #5E1A1E #8E272D #BE343C #D25D64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8E272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E272D

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E272D	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E552A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C052A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.138 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66965',
    500: '#8e272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e272d;
$custom-light: #b66965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.505,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43652,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E272D

secondary

#59B8B2

accent

#E0D748

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E272D

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