#8E262D#8E262D

#8E262D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.139 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E262D
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 43.83, 21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 48.89, 26.31°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% 0.1291 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.139 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3234, 7.3283, 3.2477)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E262D #268E87

analogous

#8E2661 #8E262D #8E5326

triadic

#8E262D #2D8E26 #262D8E

tetradic

#8E262D #618E26 #268E87 #53268E

square

#8E262D #618E26 #268E87 #53268E

split-complementary

#8E262D #268E53 #26618E

monochromatic

#2D0C0E #5E191E #8E262D #BE333C #D35B63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8E262D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E262D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E262D

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E262D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E262D	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e262d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.139 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66865',
    500: '#8e262d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e262d;
$custom-light: #b66865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e262d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.962,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43546,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E262D

secondary

#58B8B2

accent

#E1D747

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E262D

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