#8B261B#8B261B

#8B261B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.138 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B261B
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 41.95, 31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 52.50, 36.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.1196 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.138 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.5397, 6.9561, 1.7717)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B261B #1B808B

analogous

#8B1B48 #8B261B #8B5E1B

triadic

#8B261B #1B8B26 #261B8B

tetradic

#8B261B #488B1B #1B808B #5E1B8B

square

#8B261B #488B1B #1B808B #5E1B8B

split-complementary

#8B261B #1B8B5E #1B488B

monochromatic

#250A07 #581811 #8B261B #BE3425 #DB5445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8B261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B261B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B261B	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.138 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56758',
    500: '#8b261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b261b;
$custom-light: #b56758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.893,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42735,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B261B

secondary

#45B1BC

accent

#D9EA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B261B

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

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