#8A261E#8A261E

#8A261E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.136 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A261E
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 41.72, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 51.15, 35.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.1197 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.136 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4100, 6.8850, 1.9562)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A261E #1E828A

analogous

#8A1E4C #8A261E #8A5C1E

triadic

#8A261E #1E8A26 #261E8A

tetradic

#8A261E #4C8A1E #1E828A #5C1E8A

square

#8A261E #4C8A1E #1E828A #5C1E8A

split-complementary

#8A261E #1E8A5C #1E4C8A

monochromatic

#250A08 #581813 #8A261E #BC3429 #D8554B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8A261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A261E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A261E	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)

#433C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.136 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675a',
    500: '#8a261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a261e;
$custom-light: #b4675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42587,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A261E

secondary

#4AB2BA

accent

#DBE741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A261E

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