#8C261C#8C261C

#8C261C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.139 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C261C
RGB	rgb(140, 38, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 42.33, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 52.63, 36.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.1209 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.139 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7193, 7.0473, 1.8416)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C261C #1C828C

analogous

#8C1C4A #8C261C #8C5E1C

triadic

#8C261C #1C8C26 #261C8C

tetradic

#8C261C #4A8C1C #1C828C #5E1C8C

square

#8C261C #4A8C1C #1C828C #5E1C8C

split-complementary

#8C261C #1C8C5E #1C4A8C

monochromatic

#260A08 #591812 #8C261C #BF3426 #DA5548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8C261C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8C261C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C261C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C261C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C261C	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)

#443D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c261c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 38, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.139 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66859',
    500: '#8c261c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c261c;
$custom-light: #b66859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c261c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.357,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42929,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C261C

secondary

#48B2BC

accent

#DAEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C261C

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

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