#8E261B#8E261B

#8E261B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E261B
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.30, 42.98, 32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.30, 53.81, 36.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% 0.1225 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.141 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0477, 7.2180, 1.7955)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E261B #1B838E

analogous

#8E1B49 #8E261B #8E5F1B

triadic

#8E261B #1B8E26 #261B8E

tetradic

#8E261B #498E1B #1B838E #5F1B8E

square

#8E261B #498E1B #1B838E #5F1B8E

split-complementary

#8E261B #1B8E5F #1B498E

monochromatic

#270A07 #5B1811 #8E261B #C13425 #DC5647

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8E261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E261B

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E261B	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)

#453D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76858',
    500: '#8e261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e261b;
$custom-light: #b76858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.739,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43285,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E261B

secondary

#47B2BE

accent

#DAEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E261B

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

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