#8A2717#8A2717

#8A2717 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2717
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 41.06, 33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 53.09, 39.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.1161 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.137 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3627, 6.9179, 1.5474)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2717 #177A8A

analogous

#8A1741 #8A2717 #8A6117

triadic

#8A2717 #178A27 #27178A

tetradic

#8A2717 #418A17 #177A8A #61178A

square

#8A2717 #418A17 #177A8A #61178A

split-complementary

#8A2717 #178A61 #17418A

monochromatic

#210906 #56180E #8A2717 #BE3620 #DF533D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8A2717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A2717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2717

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2717	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980124

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46856',
    500: '#8a2717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2717;
$custom-light: #b46856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.348,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42621,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2717

secondary

#3FACBE

accent

#D5EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2717

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

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