#8B262D#8B262D

#8B262D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B262D
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 42.83, 20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 47.62, 25.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.1264 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.136 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8155, 7.0664, 3.2239)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B262D #268B84

analogous

#8B265F #8B262D #8B5226

triadic

#8B262D #2D8B26 #262D8B

tetradic

#8B262D #5F8B26 #268B84 #52268B

square

#8B262D #5F8B26 #268B84 #52268B

split-complementary

#8B262D #268B52 #265F8B

monochromatic

#2B0C0E #5B191D #8B262D #BB333D #D25A62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8B262D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B262D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B262D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B262D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B262D	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b262d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46865',
    500: '#8b262d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b262d;
$custom-light: #b46865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b262d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.842,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43002,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B262D

secondary

#56B7B0

accent

#E0D647

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B262D

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

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