#8B262A#8B262A

#8B262A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.136 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B262A
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 42.65, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 48.30, 27.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.1252 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.136 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7598, 7.0441, 2.9305)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B262A #268B87

analogous

#8B265C #8B262A #8B5526

triadic

#8B262A #2A8B26 #262A8B

tetradic

#8B262A #5C8B26 #268B87 #55268B

square

#8B262A #5C8B26 #268B87 #55268B

split-complementary

#8B262A #268B55 #265C8B

monochromatic

#2B0C0D #5B191B #8B262A #BB3339 #D25A5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8B262A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B262A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B262A

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B262A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B262A	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b262a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.136 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46863',
    500: '#8b262a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b262a;
$custom-light: #b46863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b262a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.624,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42948,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B262A

secondary

#56B7B3

accent

#E0DA47

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B262A

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

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