#8D171E#8D171E

#8D171E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.152 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D171E
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(356, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(356, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 78.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 47.79, 28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 55.62, 30.77°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.1384 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.152 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5266, 6.3711, 1.8509)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D171E #178D86

analogous

#8D1759 #8D171E #8D4B17

triadic

#8D171E #1E8D17 #171E8D

tetradic

#8D171E #598D17 #178D86 #4B178D

square

#8D171E #598D17 #178D86 #4B178D

split-complementary

#8D171E #178D4B #17598D

monochromatic

#240608 #580E13 #8D171E #C22029 #E03F48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#8D171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8D171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D171E

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D171E	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)

#3D371D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.152 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7625a',
    500: '#8d171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d171e;
$custom-light: #b7625a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.441,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41794,
    "c": 0.15206,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D171E

secondary

#40C0B8

accent

#EFE439

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D171E

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

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