#8F272C#8F272C

#8F272C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.139 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F272C
RGB	rgb(143, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 69.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 43.71, 22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 49.28, 27.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.1284 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.139 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5092, 7.4744, 3.1664)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F272C #278F8A

analogous

#8F2760 #8F272C #8F5627

triadic

#8F272C #2C8F27 #272C8F

tetradic

#8F272C #608F27 #278F8A #56278F

square

#8F272C #608F27 #278F8A #56278F

split-complementary

#8F272C #278F56 #27608F

monochromatic

#2F0D0E #5F1A1D #8F272C #BF343B #D35D63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8F272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8F272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F272C

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F272C	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D042A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.139 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76965',
    500: '#8f272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f272c;
$custom-light: #b76965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.115,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43815,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F272C

secondary

#5AB8B4

accent

#E0D947

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F272C

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