#8E263B#8E263B

#8E263B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.139 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E263B
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 59)
HSL	hsl(348, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 58.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, 44.78, 12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 46.62, 16.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.1349 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.139 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6391, 7.4545, 4.9102)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E263B #268E79

analogous

#8E266F #8E263B #8E4526

triadic

#8E263B #3B8E26 #263B8E

tetradic

#8E263B #6F8E26 #268E79 #45268E

square

#8E263B #6F8E26 #268E79 #45268E

split-complementary

#8E263B #268E45 #266F8E

monochromatic

#2D0C13 #5E1927 #8E263B #BE334F #D35B73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8E263B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E263B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E263B

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E263B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E263B	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41403B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0B2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e263b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.139 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56970',
    500: '#8e263b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e263b;
$custom-light: #b56970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e263b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.885,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43842,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E263B

secondary

#58B8A5

accent

#E1C247

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E263B

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

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