#170508#170508

#170508 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.003; OKLCH L 15.0% C 0.035 H 9.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170508
RGB	rgb(23, 5, 8)
HSL	hsl(350, 64%, 5%)
HSV	hsv(350, 78%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 65.2%, 91%)
CIE-LAB	lab(2.78, 6.49, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(2.78, 6.57, 8.80°)
OKLab	oklab(14.99% 0.0342 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(14.99% 0.035 9.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.4515, 0.3083, 0.2654)
Luminance	0.0031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170508 #051714

analogous

#170511 #170508 #170B05

triadic

#170508 #081705 #050817

tetradic

#170508 #111705 #051714 #0B0517

square

#170508 #111705 #051714 #0B0517

split-complementary

#170508 #05170B #051117

monochromatic

#190509 #190509 #190509 #491019 #7C1B2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.78

#170508 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.06

#170508 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170508

19.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170508	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170508	1.00	19.78	1.06	19.78
#FFFFFF	19.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#080808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D0C08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A0406

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0A0A0A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170508;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 5, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(15.0% 0.035 9.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53494a',
    500: '#170508',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170508;
$custom-light: #53494a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170508",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 5.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.14994,
    "c": 0.0347,
    "h": 9.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170508

secondary

#21574E

accent

#E7CB41

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E7E6E7

border

#C3C2C3

text

#020001

muted

#787777

Preview Lab

Preview with #170508

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

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