#8A2217#8A2217

#8A2217 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.141 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2217
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.90, 43.02, 32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.90, 54.20, 37.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.1223 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.141 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.2093, 6.6109, 1.4963)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2217 #177F8A

analogous

#8A1746 #8A2217 #8A5C17

triadic

#8A2217 #178A22 #22178A

tetradic

#8A2217 #468A17 #177F8A #5C178A

square

#8A2217 #468A17 #177F8A #5C178A

split-complementary

#8A2217 #178A5C #17468A

monochromatic

#210806 #56150E #8A2217 #BE2F20 #DF4C3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8A2217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2217

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2217	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.141 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56555',
    500: '#8a2217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2217;
$custom-light: #b56555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.739,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42086,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2217

secondary

#3FB2BE

accent

#DDEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2217

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →