#8A2817#8A2817

#8A2817 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2817
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 40.64, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 52.86, 39.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.1149 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.136 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3960, 6.9844, 1.5585)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2817 #17798A

analogous

#8A173F #8A2817 #8A6217

triadic

#8A2817 #178A28 #28178A

tetradic

#8A2817 #3F8A17 #17798A #62178A

square

#8A2817 #3F8A17 #17798A #62178A

split-complementary

#8A2817 #178A62 #173F8A

monochromatic

#210A06 #56190E #8A2817 #BE3720 #DF553D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8A2817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A2817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2817

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2817	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980425

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46856',
    500: '#8a2817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2817;
$custom-light: #b46856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.87,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42735,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2817

secondary

#3FABBE

accent

#D3EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2817

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

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