#8D171B#8D171B

#8D171B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.152 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D171B
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, 47.68, 30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 56.46, 32.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.76% 0.1374 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(41.76% 0.152 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4901, 6.3565, 1.6586)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D171B #178D89

analogous

#8D1756 #8D171B #8D4E17

triadic

#8D171B #1B8D17 #171B8D

tetradic

#8D171B #568D17 #178D89 #4E178D

square

#8D171B #568D17 #178D89 #4E178D

split-complementary

#8D171B #178D4E #17568D

monochromatic

#240607 #580E11 #8D171B #C22025 #E03F44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#8D171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8D171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D171B

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D171B	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)

#3D371A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.152 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76258',
    500: '#8d171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d171b;
$custom-light: #b76258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.966,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41756,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D171B

secondary

#40C0BC

accent

#EFE939

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D171B

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

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