#8D1817#8D1817

#8D1817 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.152 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1817
RGB	rgb(141, 24, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, 47.28, 32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 57.45, 34.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.1353 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.152 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4672, 6.3797, 1.4381)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1817 #178C8D

analogous

#8D1751 #8D1817 #8D5317

triadic

#8D1817 #178D18 #18178D

tetradic

#8D1817 #518D17 #178C8D #53178D

square

#8D1817 #518D17 #178C8D #53178D

split-complementary

#8D1817 #178D53 #17518D

monochromatic

#240606 #580F0E #8D1817 #C22120 #E0403F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#8D1817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8D1817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1817

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1817	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5011

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 24, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.152 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76255',
    500: '#8d1817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1817;
$custom-light: #b76255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.508,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41785,
    "c": 0.15214,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1817

secondary

#40BFC0

accent

#EDEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1817

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

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