#8D171A#8D171A

#8D171A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.152 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D171A
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 81.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 47.65, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 56.75, 32.90°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.1371 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.152 26)
XYZ	xyz(11.4788, 6.3520, 1.5987)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D171A #178D8A

analogous

#8D1755 #8D171A #8D4F17

triadic

#8D171A #1A8D17 #171A8D

tetradic

#8D171A #558D17 #178D8A #4F178D

square

#8D171A #558D17 #178D8A #4F178D

split-complementary

#8D171A #178D4F #17558D

monochromatic

#240607 #580E10 #8D171A #C22024 #E03F43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#8D171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8D171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D171A

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D171A	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.152 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76257',
    500: '#8d171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d171a;
$custom-light: #b76257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.475,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41745,
    "c": 0.15248,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.0635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D171A

secondary

#40C0BD

accent

#EFEA39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D171A

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

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