#8A262C#8A262C

#8A262C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A262C
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, 42.43, 21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 47.41, 26.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.125 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.135 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6302, 6.9730, 3.1159)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A262C #268A84

analogous

#8A265E #8A262C #8A5226

triadic

#8A262C #2C8A26 #262C8A

tetradic

#8A262C #5E8A26 #268A84 #52268A

square

#8A262C #5E8A26 #268A84 #52268A

split-complementary

#8A262C #268A52 #265E8A

monochromatic

#2A0C0D #5A191D #8A262C #BA333B #D15960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8A262C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A262C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A262C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A262C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A262C	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a262c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36865',
    500: '#8a262c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a262c;
$custom-light: #b36865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a262c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.4,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42803,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A262C

secondary

#56B6B0

accent

#E0D748

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A262C

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