#8C171D#8C171D

#8C171D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.151 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C171D
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 29)
HSL	hsl(357, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.11, 47.45, 28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.11, 55.49, 31.22°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.1373 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.151 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3448, 6.2788, 1.7767)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C171D #178C86

analogous

#8C1758 #8C171D #8C4C17

triadic

#8C171D #1D8C17 #171D8C

tetradic

#8C171D #588C17 #178C86 #4C178C

square

#8C171D #588C17 #178C86 #4C178C

split-complementary

#8C171D #178C4C #17588C

monochromatic

#230607 #570E12 #8C171D #C12028 #DF3E46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#8C171D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8C171D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C171D

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C171D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C171D	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c171d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.151 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66159',
    500: '#8c171d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c171d;
$custom-light: #b66159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c171d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41586,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C171D

secondary

#3FBFB9

accent

#EFE539

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C171D

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

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