#8C261E#8C261E

#8C261E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.139 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C261E
RGB	rgb(140, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 42.41, 30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 52.02, 35.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.1216 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.139 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7440, 7.0572, 1.9718)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C261E #1E848C

analogous

#8C1E4D #8C261E #8C5D1E

triadic

#8C261E #1E8C26 #261E8C

tetradic

#8C261E #4D8C1E #1E848C #5D1E8C

square

#8C261E #4D8C1E #1E848C #5D1E8C

split-complementary

#8C261E #1E8C5D #1E4D8C

monochromatic

#270B08 #5A1813 #8C261E #BE3429 #D9564C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8C261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8C261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C261E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C261E	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)

#443D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.139 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5685a',
    500: '#8c261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c261e;
$custom-light: #b5685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42953,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C261E

secondary

#4BB3BB

accent

#DCE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C261E

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

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