#8C262B#8C262B

#8C262B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.137 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C262B
RGB	rgb(140, 38, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 69.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 43.05, 22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 48.49, 27.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.1265 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.137 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9457, 7.1379, 3.0338)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C262B #268C87

analogous

#8C265E #8C262B #8C5426

triadic

#8C262B #2B8C26 #262B8C

tetradic

#8C262B #5E8C26 #268C87 #54268C

square

#8C262B #5E8C26 #268C87 #54268C

split-complementary

#8C262B #268C54 #265E8C

monochromatic

#2C0C0D #5C191C #8C262B #BC333A #D25A60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8C262B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8C262B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C262B

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C262B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C262B	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c262b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 38, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.137 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46864',
    500: '#8c262b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c262b;
$custom-light: #b46864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c262b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.059,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43147,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C262B

secondary

#57B7B2

accent

#E1D947

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C262B

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

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