#8E261A#8E261A

#8E261A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E261A
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 26)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 42.95, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 54.11, 37.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% 0.1222 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.141 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0363, 7.2134, 1.7356)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E261A #1A828E

analogous

#8E1A48 #8E261A #8E601A

triadic

#8E261A #1A8E26 #261A8E

tetradic

#8E261A #488E1A #1A828E #601A8E

square

#8E261A #488E1A #1A828E #601A8E

split-complementary

#8E261A #1A8E60 #1A488E

monochromatic

#270A07 #5A1811 #8E261A #C23423 #DD5545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8E261A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E261A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E261A

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E261A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E261A	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5415

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e261a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76858',
    500: '#8e261a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e261a;
$custom-light: #b76858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e261a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43274,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E261A

secondary

#45B2BE

accent

#DAEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E261A

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

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