#8A261D#8A261D

#8A261D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A261D
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 41.68, 30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 51.45, 35.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.1193 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.137 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3974, 6.8799, 1.8900)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A261D #1D818A

analogous

#8A1D4B #8A261D #8A5C1D

triadic

#8A261D #1D8A26 #261D8A

tetradic

#8A261D #4B8A1D #1D818A #5C1D8A

square

#8A261D #4B8A1D #1D818A #5C1D8A

split-complementary

#8A261D #1D8A5C #1D4B8A

monochromatic

#250A08 #571812 #8A261D #BD3428 #D95549

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8A261D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A261D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A261D

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A261D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A261D	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a261d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675a',
    500: '#8a261d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a261d;
$custom-light: #b4675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a261d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.954,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42575,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A261D

secondary

#48B1BB

accent

#DAE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A261D

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

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