#8C262A#8C262A

#8C262A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.137 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C262A
RGB	rgb(140, 38, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 70%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, 42.99, 22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 48.73, 28.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.1261 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.137 23)
XYZ	xyz(11.9275, 7.1306, 2.9383)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C262A #268C88

analogous

#8C265D #8C262A #8C5526

triadic

#8C262A #2A8C26 #262A8C

tetradic

#8C262A #5D8C26 #268C88 #55268C

square

#8C262A #5D8C26 #268C88 #55268C

split-complementary

#8C262A #268C55 #265D8C

monochromatic

#2C0C0D #5C191C #8C262A #BC3338 #D25A5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8C262A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8C262A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C262A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C262A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C262A	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0328

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c262a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 38, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.137 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56863',
    500: '#8c262a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c262a;
$custom-light: #b56863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c262a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.647,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4313,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.07129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C262A

secondary

#57B7B3

accent

#E1DB47

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C262A

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

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