#8A2317#8A2317

#8A2317 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2317
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 42.65, 33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 53.98, 37.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.1211 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.14 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2383, 6.6689, 1.5059)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2317 #177E8A

analogous

#8A1745 #8A2317 #8A5D17

triadic

#8A2317 #178A23 #23178A

tetradic

#8A2317 #458A17 #177E8A #5D178A

square

#8A2317 #458A17 #177E8A #5D178A

split-complementary

#8A2317 #178A5D #17458A

monochromatic

#210806 #56160E #8A2317 #BE3020 #DF4E3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8A2317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2317

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2317	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56655',
    500: '#8a2317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2317;
$custom-light: #b56655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.261,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42188,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2317

secondary

#3FB0BE

accent

#DBEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2317

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

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