#8D261E#8D261E

#8D261E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.140 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D261E
RGB	rgb(141, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 78.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 42.75, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 52.46, 35.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.1226 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.14 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9133, 7.1445, 1.9798)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D261E #1E858D

analogous

#8D1E4D #8D261E #8D5D1E

triadic

#8D261E #1E8D26 #261E8D

tetradic

#8D261E #4D8D1E #1E858D #5D1E8D

square

#8D261E #4D8D1E #1E858D #5D1E8D

split-complementary

#8D261E #1E8D5D #1E4D8D

monochromatic

#280B09 #5B1813 #8D261E #BF3429 #D9574C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8D261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8D261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D261E

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D261E	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)

#443D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.140 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6685a',
    500: '#8d261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d261e;
$custom-light: #b6685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.324,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43136,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D261E

secondary

#4BB3BC

accent

#DCE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D261E

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

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