#8E272F#8E272F

#8E272F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.138 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E272F
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 43.56, 20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 48.19, 25.33°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.1287 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.138 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3952, 7.4089, 3.4661)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E272F #278E86

analogous

#8E2762 #8E272F #8E5227

triadic

#8E272F #2F8E27 #272F8E

tetradic

#8E272F #628E27 #278E86 #52278E

square

#8E272F #628E27 #278E86 #52278E

split-complementary

#8E272F #278E52 #27628E

monochromatic

#2E0D0F #5E1A1F #8E272F #BE343F #D25D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8E272F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8E272F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E272F

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E272F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E272F	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C062B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e272f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.138 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66967',
    500: '#8e272f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e272f;
$custom-light: #b66967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e272f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.34,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43689,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E272F

secondary

#59B8B0

accent

#E0D448

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E272F

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