#8A262B#8A262B

#8A262B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A262B
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 42.37, 21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 47.63, 27.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1246 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.135 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6116, 6.9656, 3.0181)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A262B #268A85

analogous

#8A265D #8A262B #8A5326

triadic

#8A262B #2B8A26 #262B8A

tetradic

#8A262B #5D8A26 #268A85 #53268A

square

#8A262B #5D8A26 #268A85 #53268A

split-complementary

#8A262B #268A53 #265D8A

monochromatic

#2A0C0D #5A191C #8A262B #BA333A #D1595F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8A262B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A262B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A262B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A262B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A262B	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)

#423D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a262b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36864',
    500: '#8a262b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a262b;
$custom-light: #b36864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a262b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42785,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A262B

secondary

#56B6B1

accent

#E0D848

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A262B

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

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