#8C171A#8C171A

#8C171A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.151 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C171A
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.07, 47.35, 30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.07, 56.34, 32.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.55% 0.1363 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(41.55% 0.152 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3095, 6.2647, 1.5908)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C171A #178C89

analogous

#8C1754 #8C171A #8C4F17

triadic

#8C171A #1A8C17 #171A8C

tetradic

#8C171A #548C17 #178C89 #4F178C

square

#8C171A #548C17 #178C89 #4F178C

split-complementary

#8C171A #178C4F #17548C

monochromatic

#230606 #570E10 #8C171A #C12024 #DF3E42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#8C171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8C171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C171A

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C171A	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.151 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66157',
    500: '#8c171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c171a;
$custom-light: #b66157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.462,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41549,
    "c": 0.1515,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C171A

secondary

#3FBFBC

accent

#EFEA39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C171A

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

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