#8A2917#8A2917

#8A2917 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.135 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2917
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 40.22, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 52.63, 40.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.1135 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.135 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4302, 7.0527, 1.5699)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2917 #17788A

analogous

#8A173F #8A2917 #8A6317

triadic

#8A2917 #178A29 #29178A

tetradic

#8A2917 #3F8A17 #17788A #63178A

square

#8A2917 #3F8A17 #17788A #63178A

split-complementary

#8A2917 #178A63 #173F8A

monochromatic

#210A06 #56190E #8A2917 #BE3920 #DF563D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8A2917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2917

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2917	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980726

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.135 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46956',
    500: '#8a2917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2917;
$custom-light: #b46956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.391,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42851,
    "c": 0.13491,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2917

secondary

#3FAABE

accent

#D2EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2917

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

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