#8B261F#8B261F

#8B261F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.137 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B261F
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 31)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, 42.11, 29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 51.29, 34.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.121 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.137 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5892, 6.9759, 2.0323)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B261F #1F848B

analogous

#8B1F4E #8B261F #8B5C1F

triadic

#8B261F #1F8B26 #261F8B

tetradic

#8B261F #4E8B1F #1F848B #5C1F8B

square

#8B261F #4E8B1F #1F848B #5C1F8B

split-complementary

#8B261F #1F8B5C #1F4E8B

monochromatic

#270B09 #591814 #8B261F #BD342A #D7564D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8B261F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B261F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B261F

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B261F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B261F	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)

#433D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b261f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.137 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5685b',
    500: '#8b261f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b261f;
$custom-light: #b5685b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b261f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.889,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42783,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B261F

secondary

#4CB3BA

accent

#DCE741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B261F

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

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