#8B2017#8B2017

#8B2017 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2017
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 44.09, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 55.06, 36.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.1255 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.144 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3200, 6.5856, 1.4856)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2017 #17828B

analogous

#8B1748 #8B2017 #8B5A17

triadic

#8B2017 #178B20 #20178B

tetradic

#8B2017 #488B17 #17828B #5A178B

square

#8B2017 #488B17 #17828B #5A178B

split-complementary

#8B2017 #178B5A #17488B

monochromatic

#220806 #56140E #8B2017 #C02C20 #DF4A3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8B2017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B2017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2017

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2017	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56555',
    500: '#8b2017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2017;
$custom-light: #b56555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.655,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42078,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2017

secondary

#3FB5BF

accent

#E0EE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2017

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

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