#8C261B#8C261B

#8C261B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.139 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C261B
RGB	rgb(140, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 42.30, 31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 52.94, 36.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1206 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.139 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7075, 7.0426, 1.7796)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C261B #1B818C

analogous

#8C1B48 #8C261B #8C5F1B

triadic

#8C261B #1B8C26 #261B8C

tetradic

#8C261B #488C1B #1B818C #5F1B8C

square

#8C261B #488C1B #1B818C #5F1B8C

split-complementary

#8C261B #1B8C5F #1B488C

monochromatic

#250A07 #591811 #8C261B #BF3425 #DB5546

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8C261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8C261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C261B

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C261B	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.139 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66858',
    500: '#8c261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c261b;
$custom-light: #b66858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.841,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42918,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C261B

secondary

#46B1BD

accent

#DAEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C261B

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

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