#8A261C#8A261C

#8A261C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A261C
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 41.64, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 51.76, 36.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.119 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.137 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3853, 6.8751, 1.8259)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A261C #1C808A

analogous

#8A1C49 #8A261C #8A5D1C

triadic

#8A261C #1C8A26 #261C8A

tetradic

#8A261C #498A1C #1C808A #5D1C8A

square

#8A261C #498A1C #1C808A #5D1C8A

split-complementary

#8A261C #1C8A5D #1C498A

monochromatic

#240A07 #571812 #8A261C #BD3426 #DA5447

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8A261C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A261C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A261C

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A261C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A261C	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a261c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46759',
    500: '#8a261c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a261c;
$custom-light: #b46759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a261c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42563,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A261C

secondary

#46B1BB

accent

#DAE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A261C

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

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