#8F272F#8F272F

#8F272F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.139 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F272F
RGB	rgb(143, 39, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 67.1%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 43.89, 20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 48.61, 25.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.1296 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.139 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5676, 7.4977, 3.4742)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F272F #278F87

analogous

#8F2763 #8F272F #8F5327

triadic

#8F272F #2F8F27 #272F8F

tetradic

#8F272F #638F27 #278F87 #53278F

square

#8F272F #638F27 #278F87 #53278F

split-complementary

#8F272F #278F53 #27638F

monochromatic

#2F0D0F #5F1A1F #8F272F #BF343F #D35D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8F272F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8F272F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F272F

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F272F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F272F	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E552C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D052B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f272f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 39, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.139 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66967',
    500: '#8f272f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f272f;
$custom-light: #b66967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f272f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43869,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F272F

secondary

#5AB8B1

accent

#E0D547

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F272F

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