#8B263A#8B263A

#8B263A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.136 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B263A
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 58)
HSL	hsl(348, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 58.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 43.73, 12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 45.54, 16.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.1318 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.136 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1054, 7.1824, 4.7511)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B263A #268B77

analogous

#8B266C #8B263A #8B4526

triadic

#8B263A #3A8B26 #263A8B

tetradic

#8B263A #6C8B26 #268B77 #45268B

square

#8B263A #6C8B26 #268B77 #45268B

split-complementary

#8B263A #268B45 #266C8B

monochromatic

#2B0C12 #5B1926 #8B263A #BB334E #D25A71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8B263A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B263A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B263A

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B263A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B263A	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b263a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.136 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3686f',
    500: '#8b263a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b263a;
$custom-light: #b3686f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b263a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.119,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43281,
    "c": 0.13552,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B263A

secondary

#56B7A3

accent

#E0C247

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B263A

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

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