#8B261D#8B261D

#8B261D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B261D
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 42.03, 30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 51.89, 35.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.1203 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.138 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5637, 6.9657, 1.8978)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B261D #1D828B

analogous

#8B1D4B #8B261D #8B5D1D

triadic

#8B261D #1D8B26 #261D8B

tetradic

#8B261D #4B8B1D #1D828B #5D1D8B

square

#8B261D #4B8B1D #1D828B #5D1D8B

split-complementary

#8B261D #1D8B5D #1D4B8B

monochromatic

#260A08 #581812 #8B261D #BE3428 #D95549

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8B261D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B261D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B261D

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B261D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B261D	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)

#443D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b261d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5685a',
    500: '#8b261d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b261d;
$custom-light: #b5685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b261d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.909,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42758,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B261D

secondary

#49B2BB

accent

#DBE83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B261D

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

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