#8E262E#8E262E

#8E262E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E262E
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.56, 43.89, 21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.56, 48.68, 25.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% 0.1296 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.139 21)
XYZ	xyz(12.3429, 7.3361, 3.3503)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E262E #268E86

analogous

#8E2662 #8E262E #8E5226

triadic

#8E262E #2E8E26 #262E8E

tetradic

#8E262E #628E26 #268E86 #52268E

square

#8E262E #628E26 #268E86 #52268E

split-complementary

#8E262E #268E52 #26628E

monochromatic

#2D0C0F #5E191E #8E262E #BE333E #D35B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8E262E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E262E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E262E

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E262E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E262E	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C032A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e262e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66866',
    500: '#8e262e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e262e;
$custom-light: #b66866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e262e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43564,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.07334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E262E

secondary

#58B8B1

accent

#E1D547

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E262E

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