#8A2517#8A2517

#8A2517 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.139 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2517
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.32, 41.87, 33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.32, 53.54, 38.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.1187 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.139 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2988, 6.7900, 1.5261)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2517 #177C8A

analogous

#8A1743 #8A2517 #8A5F17

triadic

#8A2517 #178A25 #25178A

tetradic

#8A2517 #438A17 #177C8A #5F178A

square

#8A2517 #438A17 #177C8A #5F178A

split-complementary

#8A2517 #178A5F #17438A

monochromatic

#210906 #56170E #8A2517 #BE3320 #DF503D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8A2517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2517

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2517	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.139 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46755',
    500: '#8a2517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2517;
$custom-light: #b46755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.304,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.424,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2517

secondary

#3FAEBE

accent

#D8EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2517

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

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