#8B171E#8B171E

#8B171E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.150 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B171E
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(356, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(356, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 47.19, 27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 54.80, 30.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.4% 0.1368 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(41.4% 0.15 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1896, 6.1973, 1.8351)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B171E #178B84

analogous

#8B1758 #8B171E #8B4A17

triadic

#8B171E #1E8B17 #171E8B

tetradic

#8B171E #588B17 #178B84 #4A178B

square

#8B171E #588B17 #178B84 #4A178B

split-complementary

#8B171E #178B4A #17588B

monochromatic

#220607 #560E13 #8B171E #C02029 #DF3D47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#8B171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#8B171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B171E

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B171E	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C371D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.150 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5615a',
    500: '#8b171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b171e;
$custom-light: #b5615a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.379,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41404,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B171E

secondary

#3FBFB7

accent

#EEE339

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B171E

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

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