#8B262C#8B262C

#8B262C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B262C
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 42.77, 21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 47.84, 26.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.126 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.136 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7964, 7.0588, 3.1237)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B262C #268B85

analogous

#8B265E #8B262C #8B5326

triadic

#8B262C #2C8B26 #262C8B

tetradic

#8B262C #5E8B26 #268B85 #53268B

square

#8B262C #5E8B26 #268B85 #53268B

split-complementary

#8B262C #268B53 #265E8B

monochromatic

#2B0C0E #5B191D #8B262C #BB333B #D25A61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8B262C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B262C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B262C

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B262C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B262C	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)

#423D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990529

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b262c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46865',
    500: '#8b262c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b262c;
$custom-light: #b46865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b262c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.436,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42984,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B262C

secondary

#56B7B1

accent

#E0D747

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B262C

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

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