#8C262F#8C262F

#8C262F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.137 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C262F
RGB	rgb(140, 38, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 66.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 43.28, 19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 47.62, 24.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.1281 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.137 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0227, 7.1687, 3.4394)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C262F #268C83

analogous

#8C2662 #8C262F #8C5026

triadic

#8C262F #2F8C26 #262F8C

tetradic

#8C262F #628C26 #268C83 #50268C

square

#8C262F #628C26 #268C83 #50268C

split-complementary

#8C262F #268C50 #26628C

monochromatic

#2C0C0F #5C191F #8C262F #BC333F #D25A65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8C262F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8C262F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C262F

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C262F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C262F	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A062A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c262f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 38, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.137 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46867',
    500: '#8c262f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c262f;
$custom-light: #b46867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c262f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43221,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C262F

secondary

#57B7AF

accent

#E1D347

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C262F

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