#8E262C#8E262C

#8E262C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.139 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E262C
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 44)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 43.77, 22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 49.12, 26.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.1287 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.139 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3044, 7.3207, 3.1475)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E262C #268E88

analogous

#8E2660 #8E262C #8E5426

triadic

#8E262C #2C8E26 #262C8E

tetradic

#8E262C #608E26 #268E88 #54268E

square

#8E262C #608E26 #268E88 #54268E

split-complementary

#8E262C #268E54 #26608E

monochromatic

#2D0C0E #5E191D #8E262C #BE333B #D35B62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8E262C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E262C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E262C

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E262C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E262C	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e262c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.139 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66865',
    500: '#8e262c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e262c;
$custom-light: #b66865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e262c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.538,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43528,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E262C

secondary

#58B8B3

accent

#E1D847

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E262C

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

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