#8B171F#8B171F

#8B171F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.150 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B171F
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 31)
HSL	hsl(356, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(356, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 47.23, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 54.53, 30.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% 0.1372 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.15 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2025, 6.2025, 1.9034)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B171F #178B83

analogous

#8B1759 #8B171F #8B4917

triadic

#8B171F #1F8B17 #171F8B

tetradic

#8B171F #598B17 #178B83 #49178B

square

#8B171F #598B17 #178B83 #49178B

split-complementary

#8B171F #178B49 #17598B

monochromatic

#220608 #560E13 #8B171F #C0202B #DF3D49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#8B171F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#8B171F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B171F

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B171F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B171F	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C371E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b171f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.150 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5615b',
    500: '#8b171f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b171f;
$custom-light: #b5615b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b171f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41417,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B171F

secondary

#3FBFB6

accent

#EEE239

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B171F

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

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