#8D171F#8D171F

#8D171F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.152 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D171F
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 31)
HSL	hsl(356, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(356, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 78%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 47.83, 27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 55.35, 30.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.1388 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.152 24)
XYZ	xyz(11.5396, 6.3763, 1.9192)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D171F #178D85

analogous

#8D175A #8D171F #8D4A17

triadic

#8D171F #1F8D17 #171F8D

tetradic

#8D171F #5A8D17 #178D85 #4A178D

square

#8D171F #5A8D17 #178D85 #4A178D

split-complementary

#8D171F #178D4A #175A8D

monochromatic

#240608 #580E13 #8D171F #C2202B #E03F4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#8D171F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8D171F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D171F

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D171F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D171F	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d171f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.152 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7625b',
    500: '#8d171f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d171f;
$custom-light: #b7625b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d171f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.932,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41807,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.06374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D171F

secondary

#40C0B7

accent

#EFE239

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D171F

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

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