#8E262B#8E262B

#8E262B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.139 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E262B
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, 43.72, 22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 49.35, 27.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.1283 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.139 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2858, 7.3132, 3.0497)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E262B #268E89

analogous

#8E265F #8E262B #8E5526

triadic

#8E262B #2B8E26 #262B8E

tetradic

#8E262B #5F8E26 #268E89 #55268E

square

#8E262B #5F8E26 #268E89 #55268E

split-complementary

#8E262B #268E55 #265F8E

monochromatic

#2D0C0E #5E191C #8E262B #BE333A #D35B61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8E262B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E262B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E262B

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E262B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E262B	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)

#433E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e262b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.139 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66864',
    500: '#8e262b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e262b;
$custom-light: #b66864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e262b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.115,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4351,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E262B

secondary

#58B8B3

accent

#E1DA47

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E262B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →