#8C1917#8C1917

#8C1917 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.150 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1917
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 46.68, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 56.86, 34.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.67% 0.1335 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(41.67% 0.15 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3189, 6.3344, 1.4371)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1917 #178A8C

analogous

#8C174F #8C1917 #8C5417

triadic

#8C1917 #178C19 #19178C

tetradic

#8C1917 #4F8C17 #178A8C #54178C

square

#8C1917 #4F8C17 #178A8C #54178C

split-complementary

#8C1917 #178C54 #174F8C

monochromatic

#230606 #57100E #8C1917 #C12220 #DF413E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8C1917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8C1917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1917

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1917	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	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: #8c1917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.150 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76255',
    500: '#8c1917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1917;
$custom-light: #b76255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.026,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41666,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1917

secondary

#3FBDBF

accent

#EBEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1917

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

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