#8B1617#8B1617

#8B1617 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.152 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1617
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 23)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 47.22, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 56.98, 34.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.1353 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.152 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0904, 6.1265, 1.4090)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1617 #168B8A

analogous

#8B1652 #8B1617 #8B5016

triadic

#8B1617 #178B16 #16178B

tetradic

#8B1617 #528B16 #168B8A #50168B

square

#8B1617 #528B16 #168B8A #50168B

split-complementary

#8B1617 #168B50 #16528B

monochromatic

#210506 #560E0E #8B1617 #C01E20 #E03B3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#8B1617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8B1617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1617

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1617	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.152 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66155',
    500: '#8b1617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1617;
$custom-light: #b66155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.487,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41249,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1617

secondary

#3EBFBE

accent

#EFEE38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130503

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1617

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

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