#8C262C#8C262C

#8C262C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.137 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C262C
RGB	rgb(140, 38, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 68.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.14, 43.10, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.14, 48.26, 26.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.1269 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.137 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9642, 7.1453, 3.1316)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C262C #268C86

analogous

#8C265F #8C262C #8C5326

triadic

#8C262C #2C8C26 #262C8C

tetradic

#8C262C #5F8C26 #268C86 #53268C

square

#8C262C #5F8C26 #268C86 #53268C

split-complementary

#8C262C #268C53 #265F8C

monochromatic

#2C0C0E #5C191D #8C262C #BC333B #D25A61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8C262C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8C262C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C262C

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C262C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C262C	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)

#423E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c262c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 38, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.137 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46865',
    500: '#8c262c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c262c;
$custom-light: #b46865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c262c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43165,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C262C

secondary

#57B7B1

accent

#E1D847

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C262C

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

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