#8B261A#8B261A

#8B261A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.138 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B261A
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 26)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 41.92, 32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 52.81, 37.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1193 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.138 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5284, 6.9515, 1.7118)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B261A #1A7F8B

analogous

#8B1A46 #8B261A #8B5F1A

triadic

#8B261A #1A8B26 #261A8B

tetradic

#8B261A #468B1A #1A7F8B #5F1A8B

square

#8B261A #468B1A #1A7F8B #5F1A8B

split-complementary

#8B261A #1A8B5F #1A468B

monochromatic

#240A07 #571810 #8B261A #BF3424 #DC5443

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8B261A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B261A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B261A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B261A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B261A	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b261a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.138 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56758',
    500: '#8b261a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b261a;
$custom-light: #b56758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b261a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.372,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42724,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B261A

secondary

#44B0BD

accent

#D9EB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B261A

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

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