#8A2617#8A2617

#8A2617 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.138 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2617
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 41.46, 33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 53.31, 38.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.1174 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.138 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3303, 6.8531, 1.5366)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2617 #177B8A

analogous

#8A1742 #8A2617 #8A6017

triadic

#8A2617 #178A26 #26178A

tetradic

#8A2617 #428A17 #177B8A #60178A

square

#8A2617 #428A17 #177B8A #60178A

split-complementary

#8A2617 #178A60 #17428A

monochromatic

#210906 #56180E #8A2617 #BE3420 #DF523D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8A2617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A2617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2617

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2617	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.138 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46755',
    500: '#8a2617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2617;
$custom-light: #b46755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42509,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2617

secondary

#3FADBE

accent

#D7EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2617

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

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