#8A261B#8A261B

#8A261B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A261B
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 41.60, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 52.07, 36.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.1187 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.137 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.3735, 6.8704, 1.7639)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A261B #1B7F8A

analogous

#8A1B47 #8A261B #8A5E1B

triadic

#8A261B #1B8A26 #261B8A

tetradic

#8A261B #478A1B #1B7F8A #5E1B8A

square

#8A261B #478A1B #1B7F8A #5E1B8A

split-complementary

#8A261B #1B8A5E #1B478A

monochromatic

#240A07 #571811 #8A261B #BD3425 #DB5445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8A261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A261B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A261B	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46758',
    500: '#8a261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a261b;
$custom-light: #b46758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.946,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42551,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A261B

secondary

#45B0BC

accent

#D9EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A261B

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

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