#8D1717#8D1717

#8D1717 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.153 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1717
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 23)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(0, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 47.55, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 57.62, 34.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.1361 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.153 27)
XYZ	xyz(11.4470, 6.3393, 1.4313)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1717 #178D8D

analogous

#8D1752 #8D1717 #8D5217

triadic

#8D1717 #178D17 #17178D

tetradic

#8D1717 #528D17 #178D8D #52178D

square

#8D1717 #528D17 #178D8D #52178D

split-complementary

#8D1717 #178D52 #17528D

monochromatic

#240606 #580E0E #8D1717 #C22020 #E03F3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8D1717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8D1717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1717

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1717	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)

#9C0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.153 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76255',
    500: '#8d1717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1717;
$custom-light: #b76255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41712,
    "c": 0.15282,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.06337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1717

secondary

#40C0C0

accent

#EFEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1717

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

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