#8B261C#8B261C

#8B261C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.138 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B261C
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 41.99, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 52.20, 36.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.12 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.138 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5515, 6.9608, 1.8337)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B261C #1C818B

analogous

#8B1C4A #8B261C #8B5D1C

triadic

#8B261C #1C8B26 #261C8B

tetradic

#8B261C #4A8B1C #1C818B #5D1C8B

square

#8B261C #4A8B1C #1C818B #5D1C8B

split-complementary

#8B261C #1C8B5D #1C4A8B

monochromatic

#250A07 #581812 #8B261C #BE3426 #DA5547

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8B261C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B261C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B261C

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B261C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B261C	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)

#443D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b261c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.138 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56859',
    500: '#8b261c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b261c;
$custom-light: #b56859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b261c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.405,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42746,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B261C

secondary

#47B1BC

accent

#DAE93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B261C

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

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