#8C262E#8C262E

#8C262E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.137 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C262E
RGB	rgb(140, 38, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, 43.22, 20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 47.83, 25.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.1277 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.137 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0027, 7.1607, 3.3344)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C262E #268C84

analogous

#8C2661 #8C262E #8C5126

triadic

#8C262E #2E8C26 #262E8C

tetradic

#8C262E #618C26 #268C84 #51268C

square

#8C262E #618C26 #268C84 #51268C

split-complementary

#8C262E #268C51 #26618C

monochromatic

#2C0C0E #5C191E #8C262E #BC333E #D25A64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8C262E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8C262E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C262E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C262E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C262E	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A052A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c262e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 38, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.137 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46866',
    500: '#8c262e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c262e;
$custom-light: #b46866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c262e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.294,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43202,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C262E

secondary

#57B7B0

accent

#E1D547

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C262E

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