#891C17#891C17

#891C17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.145 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#891C17
RGB	rgb(137, 28, 23)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 83.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 44.80, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 55.03, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% 0.128 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.145 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8878, 6.2125, 1.4363)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#891C17 #178489

analogous

#89174B #891C17 #895517

triadic

#891C17 #17891C #1C1789

tetradic

#891C17 #4B8917 #178489 #551789

square

#891C17 #4B8917 #178489 #551789

split-complementary

#891C17 #178955 #174B89

monochromatic

#200705 #55110E #891C17 #BD2720 #DE433C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#891C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#891C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #891C17

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##891C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##891C17	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #891c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 28, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.145 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46355',
    500: '#891c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #891c17;
$custom-light: #b46355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#891c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.632,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41332,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#891C17

secondary

#3FB7BD

accent

#E6EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #891C17

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

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