#8A1817#8A1817

#8A1817 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.149 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1817
RGB	rgb(138, 24, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.6%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.71, 46.35, 31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.71, 56.21, 34.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.1327 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.149 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9639, 6.1202, 1.4145)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1817 #17898A

analogous

#8A1750 #8A1817 #8A5217

triadic

#8A1817 #178A18 #18178A

tetradic

#8A1817 #508A17 #17898A #52178A

square

#8A1817 #508A17 #17898A #52178A

split-complementary

#8A1817 #178A52 #17508A

monochromatic

#210606 #560F0E #8A1817 #BE2120 #DF3E3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#8A1817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#8A1817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1817

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1817	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 24, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.149 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56155',
    500: '#8a1817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1817;
$custom-light: #b56155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.522,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.412,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1817

secondary

#3FBDBE

accent

#EDEE3A

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1817

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

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