#8C1817#8C1817

#8C1817 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.151 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1817
RGB	rgb(140, 24, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.14, 46.97, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.14, 57.04, 34.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.1344 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.151 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2979, 6.2924, 1.4301)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1817 #178B8C

analogous

#8C1751 #8C1817 #8C5317

triadic

#8C1817 #178C18 #18178C

tetradic

#8C1817 #518C17 #178B8C #53178C

square

#8C1817 #518C17 #178B8C #53178C

split-complementary

#8C1817 #178C53 #17518C

monochromatic

#230606 #570F0E #8C1817 #C12120 #DF3F3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#8C1817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8C1817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1817

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1817	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5011

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 24, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.151 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76255',
    500: '#8c1817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1817;
$custom-light: #b76255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.513,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4159,
    "c": 0.15115,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1817

secondary

#3FBEBF

accent

#EDEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1817

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

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