#8A1917#8A1917

#8A1917 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.148 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1917
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 46.06, 31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 56.03, 34.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% 0.1318 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.148 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9849, 6.1622, 1.4215)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1917 #17888A

analogous

#8A174F #8A1917 #8A5317

triadic

#8A1917 #178A19 #19178A

tetradic

#8A1917 #4F8A17 #17888A #53178A

square

#8A1917 #4F8A17 #17888A #53178A

split-complementary

#8A1917 #178A53 #174F8A

monochromatic

#210606 #560F0E #8A1917 #BE2320 #DF403D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#8A1917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8A1917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1917

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1917	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.148 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56255',
    500: '#8a1917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1917;
$custom-light: #b56255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.043,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41277,
    "c": 0.14846,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1917

secondary

#3FBBBE

accent

#EBEE3A

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1917

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

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