#8B2717#8B2717

#8B2717 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2717
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 41.41, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 53.52, 39.32°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.1171 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.138 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5290, 7.0036, 1.5552)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2717 #177B8B

analogous

#8B1741 #8B2717 #8B6117

triadic

#8B2717 #178B27 #27178B

tetradic

#8B2717 #418B17 #177B8B #61178B

square

#8B2717 #418B17 #177B8B #61178B

split-complementary

#8B2717 #178B61 #17418B

monochromatic

#220A06 #56180E #8B2717 #C03620 #DF543D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8B2717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B2717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2717

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2717	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56856',
    500: '#8b2717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2717;
$custom-light: #b56856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42803,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2717

secondary

#3FADBF

accent

#D5EE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2717

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

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