#8A261F#8A261F

#8A261F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.136 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A261F
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 31)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 77.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 41.77, 29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 50.85, 34.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.12 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.136 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4230, 6.8902, 2.0245)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A261F #1F838A

analogous

#8A1F4D #8A261F #8A5B1F

triadic

#8A261F #1F8A26 #261F8A

tetradic

#8A261F #4D8A1F #1F838A #5B1F8A

square

#8A261F #4D8A1F #1F838A #5B1F8A

split-complementary

#8A261F #1F8A5B #1F4D8A

monochromatic

#260A09 #581814 #8A261F #BC342A #D7564C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8A261F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A261F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A261F

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A261F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A261F	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a261f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.136 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675b',
    500: '#8a261f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a261f;
$custom-light: #b4675b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a261f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.925,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.426,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A261F

secondary

#4BB2BA

accent

#DCE641

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A261F

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

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