#8A262D#8A262D

#8A262D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A262D
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 42.49, 20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 47.19, 25.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.1254 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.135 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6492, 6.9807, 3.2161)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A262D #268A83

analogous

#8A265F #8A262D #8A5126

triadic

#8A262D #2D8A26 #262D8A

tetradic

#8A262D #5F8A26 #268A83 #51268A

square

#8A262D #5F8A26 #268A83 #51268A

split-complementary

#8A262D #268A51 #265F8A

monochromatic

#2A0C0E #5A191D #8A262D #BA333D #D15962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8A262D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A262D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A262D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A262D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A262D	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a262d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36865',
    500: '#8a262d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a262d;
$custom-light: #b36865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a262d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.8,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42821,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A262D

secondary

#56B6AF

accent

#E0D548

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A262D

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

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