#8D1517#8D1517

#8D1517 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.154 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1517
RGB	rgb(141, 21, 23)
HSL	hsl(359, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.1%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.07, 48.08, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.07, 57.96, 33.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.57% 0.1378 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(41.57% 0.154 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4088, 6.2628, 1.4186)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1517 #158D8B

analogous

#8D1553 #8D1517 #8D4F15

triadic

#8D1517 #178D15 #15178D

tetradic

#8D1517 #538D15 #158D8B #4F158D

square

#8D1517 #538D15 #158D8B #4F158D

split-complementary

#8D1517 #158D4F #15538D

monochromatic

#220506 #580D0E #8D1517 #C21D20 #E23B3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#8D1517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8D1517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1517

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1517	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)

#3D3615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5011

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 21, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.154 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76155',
    500: '#8d1517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1517;
$custom-light: #b76155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41573,
    "c": 0.15413,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1517

secondary

#3DC1BF

accent

#F1EE37

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1517

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

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