#8D171C#8D171C

#8D171C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.152 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D171C
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 28)
HSL	hsl(357, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 80.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 47.72, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 56.18, 31.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.1378 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.152 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5019, 6.3612, 1.7206)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D171C #178D88

analogous

#8D1757 #8D171C #8D4D17

triadic

#8D171C #1C8D17 #171C8D

tetradic

#8D171C #578D17 #178D88 #4D178D

square

#8D171C #578D17 #178D88 #4D178D

split-complementary

#8D171C #178D4D #17578D

monochromatic

#240607 #580E12 #8D171C #C22026 #E03F46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#8D171C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8D171C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D171C

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D171C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D171C	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d171c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.152 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76258',
    500: '#8d171c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d171c;
$custom-light: #b76258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d171c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.458,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41768,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D171C

secondary

#40C0BA

accent

#EFE739

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D171C

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

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