#8C261D#8C261D

#8C261D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.139 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C261D
RGB	rgb(140, 38, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 42.37, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 52.33, 35.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.1213 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.139 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7315, 7.0522, 1.9056)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C261D #1D838C

analogous

#8C1D4B #8C261D #8C5D1D

triadic

#8C261D #1D8C26 #261D8C

tetradic

#8C261D #4B8C1D #1D838C #5D1D8C

square

#8C261D #4B8C1D #1D838C #5D1D8C

split-complementary

#8C261D #1D8C5D #1D4B8C

monochromatic

#270A08 #591812 #8C261D #BF3428 #D9564A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8C261D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8C261D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C261D

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C261D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C261D	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c261d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 38, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.139 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6685a',
    500: '#8c261d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c261d;
$custom-light: #b6685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c261d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42941,
    "c": 0.13881,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C261D

secondary

#49B2BC

accent

#DBE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C261D

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

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