#8F272A#8F272A

#8F272A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.139 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F272A
RGB	rgb(143, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 70.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 43.60, 23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 49.76, 28.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.1276 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.139 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4725, 7.4597, 2.9732)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F272A #278F8C

analogous

#8F275E #8F272A #8F5827

triadic

#8F272A #2A8F27 #272A8F

tetradic

#8F272A #5E8F27 #278F8C #58278F

square

#8F272A #5E8F27 #278F8C #58278F

split-complementary

#8F272A #278F58 #275E8F

monochromatic

#2F0D0E #5F1A1C #8F272A #BF3438 #D35D61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8F272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8F272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F272A

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F272A	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.139 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76963',
    500: '#8f272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f272a;
$custom-light: #b76963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.269,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43781,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F272A

secondary

#5AB8B5

accent

#E0DC47

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F272A

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