#8A262E#8A262E

#8A262E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.134 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A262E
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.78, 42.55, 19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.78, 46.98, 25.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.1258 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.134 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6687, 6.9884, 3.3187)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A262E #268A82

analogous

#8A2660 #8A262E #8A5026

triadic

#8A262E #2E8A26 #262E8A

tetradic

#8A262E #608A26 #268A82 #50268A

square

#8A262E #608A26 #268A82 #50268A

split-complementary

#8A262E #268A50 #26608A

monochromatic

#2A0C0E #5A191E #8A262E #BA333E #D15963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8A262E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A262E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A262E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A262E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A262E	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98072A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a262e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.134 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36866',
    500: '#8a262e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a262e;
$custom-light: #b36866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a262e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4284,
    "c": 0.13444,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A262E

secondary

#56B6AE

accent

#E0D448

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A262E

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