#8C261F#8C261F

#8C261F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.138 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C261F
RGB	rgb(140, 38, 31)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 77.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 42.45, 29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 51.72, 34.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.1219 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.138 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7570, 7.0624, 2.0402)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C261F #1F858C

analogous

#8C1F4E #8C261F #8C5C1F

triadic

#8C261F #1F8C26 #261F8C

tetradic

#8C261F #4E8C1F #1F858C #5C1F8C

square

#8C261F #4E8C1F #1F858C #5C1F8C

split-complementary

#8C261F #1F8C5C #1F4E8C

monochromatic

#280B09 #5A1814 #8C261F #BE342A #D8574E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8C261F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8C261F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C261F

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C261F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C261F	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)

#443D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c261f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 38, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.138 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5685b',
    500: '#8c261f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c261f;
$custom-light: #b5685b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c261f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.853,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42966,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C261F

secondary

#4CB3BB

accent

#DCE741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C261F

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

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