#8B262B#8B262B

#8B262B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B262B
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, 42.71, 22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 48.06, 27.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.1256 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.136 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7779, 7.0513, 3.0259)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B262B #268B86

analogous

#8B265D #8B262B #8B5426

triadic

#8B262B #2B8B26 #262B8B

tetradic

#8B262B #5D8B26 #268B86 #54268B

square

#8B262B #5D8B26 #268B86 #54268B

split-complementary

#8B262B #268B54 #265D8B

monochromatic

#2B0C0D #5B191C #8B262B #BB333A #D25A60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8B262B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B262B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B262B

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B262B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B262B	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b262b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46864',
    500: '#8b262b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b262b;
$custom-light: #b46864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b262b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.03,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42966,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B262B

secondary

#56B7B2

accent

#E0D947

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B262B

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

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