#8F281B#8F281B

#8F281B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.141 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F281B
RGB	rgb(143, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 81.1%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, 42.53, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 53.78, 37.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% 0.121 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.141 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2857, 7.4382, 1.8255)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F281B #1B828F

analogous

#8F1B48 #8F281B #8F621B

triadic

#8F281B #1B8F28 #281B8F

tetradic

#8F281B #488F1B #1B828F #621B8F

square

#8F281B #488F1B #1B828F #621B8F

split-complementary

#8F281B #1B8F62 #1B488F

monochromatic

#280B08 #5C1A11 #8F281B #C23625 #DC5948

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8F281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8F281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F281B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F281B	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.141 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86958',
    500: '#8f281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f281b;
$custom-light: #b86958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.724,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43684,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F281B

secondary

#48B1BE

accent

#D8EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F281B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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