#8E263D#8E263D

#8E263D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.139 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E263D
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 61)
HSL	hsl(347, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 57%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.87, 44.93, 11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.87, 46.44, 14.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% 0.1358 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.139 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6919, 7.4757, 5.1886)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E263D #268E77

analogous

#8E2671 #8E263D #8E4326

triadic

#8E263D #3D8E26 #263D8E

tetradic

#8E263D #718E26 #268E77 #43268E

square

#8E263D #718E26 #268E77 #43268E

split-complementary

#8E263D #268E43 #26718E

monochromatic

#2D0C14 #5E1928 #8E263D #BE3352 #D35B76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8E263D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8E263D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E263D

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E263D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E263D	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40403D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B553A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0C2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e263d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.139 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56972',
    500: '#8e263d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e263d;
$custom-light: #b56972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e263d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.731,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43891,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E263D

secondary

#58B8A3

accent

#E1BF47

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E263D

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

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