#8E262A#8E262A

#8E262A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.139 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E262A
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.49, 43.66, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.49, 49.59, 28.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.1279 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.139 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2677, 7.3060, 2.9543)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E262A #268E8A

analogous

#8E265E #8E262A #8E5626

triadic

#8E262A #2A8E26 #262A8E

tetradic

#8E262A #5E8E26 #268E8A #56268E

square

#8E262A #5E8E26 #268E8A #56268E

split-complementary

#8E262A #268E56 #265E8E

monochromatic

#2D0C0D #5E191C #8E262A #BE3338 #D35B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8E262A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E262A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E262A

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E262A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E262A	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e262a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.139 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66863',
    500: '#8e262a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e262a;
$custom-light: #b66863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e262a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.692,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43493,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E262A

secondary

#58B8B4

accent

#E1DB47

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E262A

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

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