#8D171D#8D171D

#8D171D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.152 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D171D
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 29)
HSL	hsl(357, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 79.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 47.75, 29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 55.90, 31.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.1381 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.152 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5141, 6.3661, 1.7847)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D171D #178D87

analogous

#8D1758 #8D171D #8D4C17

triadic

#8D171D #1D8D17 #171D8D

tetradic

#8D171D #588D17 #178D87 #4C178D

square

#8D171D #588D17 #178D87 #4C178D

split-complementary

#8D171D #178D4C #17588D

monochromatic

#240607 #580E12 #8D171D #C22028 #E03F47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#8D171D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8D171D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D171D

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D171D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D171D	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)

#3D371C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d171d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.152 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76259',
    500: '#8d171d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d171d;
$custom-light: #b76259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d171d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.949,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41781,
    "c": 0.15216,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D171D

secondary

#40C0B9

accent

#EFE539

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D171D

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

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