#8D261B#8D261B

#8D261B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.140 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D261B
RGB	rgb(141, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, 42.64, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 53.37, 36.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.1216 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.14 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8768, 7.1299, 1.7875)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D261B #1B828D

analogous

#8D1B49 #8D261B #8D5F1B

triadic

#8D261B #1B8D26 #261B8D

tetradic

#8D261B #498D1B #1B828D #5F1B8D

square

#8D261B #498D1B #1B828D #5F1B8D

split-complementary

#8D261B #1B8D5F #1B498D

monochromatic

#260A07 #5A1811 #8D261B #C03425 #DC5547

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8D261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8D261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D261B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D261B	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.140 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66858',
    500: '#8d261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d261b;
$custom-light: #b66858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.789,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43101,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D261B

secondary

#46B2BD

accent

#DAEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D261B

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

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