#8D261C#8D261C

#8D261C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.140 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D261C
RGB	rgb(141, 38, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 80.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 42.68, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 53.07, 36.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.1219 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.14 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8886, 7.1346, 1.8495)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D261C #1C838D

analogous

#8D1C4A #8D261C #8D5E1C

triadic

#8D261C #1C8D26 #261C8D

tetradic

#8D261C #4A8D1C #1C838D #5E1C8D

square

#8D261C #4A8D1C #1C838D #5E1C8D

split-complementary

#8D261C #1C8D5E #1C4A8D

monochromatic

#270A08 #5A1812 #8D261C #C03426 #DB5649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8D261C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8D261C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D261C

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D261C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D261C	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d261c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 38, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.140 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66859',
    500: '#8d261c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d261c;
$custom-light: #b66859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d261c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.31,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43113,
    "c": 0.14006,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D261C

secondary

#48B2BD

accent

#DBEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D261C

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

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