#8A1717#8A1717

#8A1717 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.150 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1717
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 23)
HSL	hsl(0, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(0, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.61, 46.64, 31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.61, 56.39, 34.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% 0.1336 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.15 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9436, 6.0797, 1.4077)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1717 #178A8A

analogous

#8A1751 #8A1717 #8A5117

triadic

#8A1717 #178A17 #17178A

tetradic

#8A1717 #518A17 #178A8A #51178A

square

#8A1717 #518A17 #178A8A #51178A

split-complementary

#8A1717 #178A51 #17518A

monochromatic

#210606 #560E0E #8A1717 #BE2020 #DF3D3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#8A1717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#8A1717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1717

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1717	1.00	9.48	2.22	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.150 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56155',
    500: '#8a1717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1717;
$custom-light: #b56155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41125,
    "c": 0.14988,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1717

secondary

#3FBEBE

accent

#EEEE3A

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130503

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1717

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

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