#8E263A#8E263A

#8E263A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.139 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E263A
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 58)
HSL	hsl(348, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, 44.70, 13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 46.73, 16.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.1345 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.139 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6134, 7.4443, 4.7749)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E263A #268E7A

analogous

#8E266E #8E263A #8E4626

triadic

#8E263A #3A8E26 #263A8E

tetradic

#8E263A #6E8E26 #268E7A #46268E

square

#8E263A #6E8E26 #268E7A #46268E

split-complementary

#8E263A #268E46 #266E8E

monochromatic

#2D0C13 #5E1926 #8E263A #BE334E #D35B72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8E263A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E263A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E263A

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E263A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E263A	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e263a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.139 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5696f',
    500: '#8e263a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e263a;
$custom-light: #b5696f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e263a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.462,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43818,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E263A

secondary

#58B8A6

accent

#E1C347

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E263A

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

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