#8A262A#8A262A

#8A262A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A262A
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 42.31, 22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 47.87, 27.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.1242 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.135 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5935, 6.9584, 2.9227)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A262A #268A86

analogous

#8A265C #8A262A #8A5426

triadic

#8A262A #2A8A26 #262A8A

tetradic

#8A262A #5C8A26 #268A86 #54268A

square

#8A262A #5C8A26 #268A86 #54268A

split-complementary

#8A262A #268A54 #265C8A

monochromatic

#2A0C0D #5A191B #8A262A #BA3339 #D1595E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8A262A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A262A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A262A

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A262A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A262A	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a262a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36863',
    500: '#8a262a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a262a;
$custom-light: #b36863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a262a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.6,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42767,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A262A

secondary

#56B6B2

accent

#E0DA48

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A262A

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

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