#8D1C17#8D1C17

#8D1C17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.149 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1C17
RGB	rgb(141, 28, 23)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.1%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 46.08, 33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 56.71, 35.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.1315 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.149 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5558, 6.5570, 1.4676)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1C17 #17888D

analogous

#8D174D #8D1C17 #8D5717

triadic

#8D1C17 #178D1C #1C178D

tetradic

#8D1C17 #4D8D17 #17888D #57178D

square

#8D1C17 #4D8D17 #17888D #57178D

split-complementary

#8D1C17 #178D57 #174D8D

monochromatic

#240706 #58120E #8D1C17 #C22620 #E0463F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8D1C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8D1C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1C17

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1C17	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 28, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.149 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76355',
    500: '#8d1c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1c17;
$custom-light: #b76355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.542,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42101,
    "c": 0.14923,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1C17

secondary

#40BAC0

accent

#E7EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1C17

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

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