#821E17#821E17

#821E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.136 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#821E17
RGB	rgb(130, 30, 23)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 82.3%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 41.82, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 51.63, 35.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.1194 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.136 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8260, 5.7378, 1.4006)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#821E17 #177B82

analogous

#821746 #821E17 #825317

triadic

#821E17 #17821E #1E1782

tetradic

#821E17 #468217 #177B82 #531782

square

#821E17 #468217 #177B82 #531782

split-complementary

#821E17 #178253 #174682

monochromatic

#1A0605 #4E120E #821E17 #B62A20 #DC4238

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#821E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#821E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #821E17

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##821E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##821E17	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #821e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 30, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.136 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6255',
    500: '#821e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #821e17;
$custom-light: #ae6255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#821e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.925,
    "s": 69.935,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40178,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#821E17

secondary

#3EAEB6

accent

#E1ED3B

background

#FBF6F4

surface

#F6EBE8

border

#D0C6C4

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #821E17

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

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