#8E261E#8E261E

#8E261E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E261E
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, 43.10, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 52.89, 35.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.1235 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.141 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0842, 7.2326, 1.9878)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E261E #1E868E

analogous

#8E1E4E #8E261E #8E5E1E

triadic

#8E261E #1E8E26 #261E8E

tetradic

#8E261E #4E8E1E #1E868E #5E1E8E

square

#8E261E #4E8E1E #1E868E #5E1E8E

split-complementary

#8E261E #1E8E5E #1E4E8E

monochromatic

#290B09 #5B1813 #8E261E #C13429 #D9574D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8E261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E261E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E261E	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7685a',
    500: '#8e261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e261e;
$custom-light: #b7685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43319,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E261E

secondary

#4CB4BC

accent

#DCE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E261E

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

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