#8D1017#8D1017

#8D1017 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.157 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1017
RGB	rgb(141, 16, 23)
HSL	hsl(357, 80%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(357, 89%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88.7%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.66, 49.25, 31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.66, 58.71, 32.98°)
OKLab	oklab(41.27% 0.1415 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(41.27% 0.157 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3259, 6.0971, 1.3910)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1017 #108D86

analogous

#8D1055 #8D1017 #8D4710

triadic

#8D1017 #178D10 #10178D

tetradic

#8D1017 #558D10 #108D86 #47108D

square

#8D1017 #558D10 #108D86 #47108D

split-complementary

#8D1017 #108D47 #10558D

monochromatic

#1F0405 #560A0E #8D1017 #C41620 #E7303A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#8D1017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#8D1017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1017

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1017	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 16, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.157 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b85f55',
    500: '#8d1017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1017;
$custom-light: #b85f55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.64,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4127,
    "c": 0.15705,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1017

secondary

#37C2BA

accent

#F6EB32

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130503

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1017

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

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