#8A2117#8A2117

#8A2117 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.142 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2117
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 43.39, 32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 54.42, 37.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.1234 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.142 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1811, 6.5546, 1.4869)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2117 #17808A

analogous

#8A1747 #8A2117 #8A5B17

triadic

#8A2117 #178A21 #21178A

tetradic

#8A2117 #478A17 #17808A #5B178A

square

#8A2117 #478A17 #17808A #5B178A

split-complementary

#8A2117 #178A5B #17478A

monochromatic

#210806 #56140E #8A2117 #BE2E20 #DF4B3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8A2117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8A2117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2117

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2117	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.142 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56555',
    500: '#8a2117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2117;
$custom-light: #b56555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41986,
    "c": 0.1421,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2117

secondary

#3FB3BE

accent

#DEEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2117

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

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