#8B261E#8B261E

#8B261E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B261E
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 42.07, 29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 51.59, 35.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.1206 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.138 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5762, 6.9707, 1.9640)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B261E #1E838B

analogous

#8B1E4C #8B261E #8B5C1E

triadic

#8B261E #1E8B26 #261E8B

tetradic

#8B261E #4C8B1E #1E838B #5C1E8B

square

#8B261E #4C8B1E #1E838B #5C1E8B

split-complementary

#8B261E #1E8B5C #1E4C8B

monochromatic

#260A08 #591813 #8B261E #BD3429 #D8564B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8B261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B261E

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B261E	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5685a',
    500: '#8b261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b261e;
$custom-light: #b5685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.404,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4277,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B261E

secondary

#4AB2BB

accent

#DBE740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B261E

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

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