#8D2117#8D2117

#8D2117 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.145 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2117
RGB	rgb(141, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 44.39, 33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 55.69, 37.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.1262 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.145 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6844, 6.8141, 1.5105)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2117 #17838D

analogous

#8D1748 #8D2117 #8D5C17

triadic

#8D2117 #178D21 #21178D

tetradic

#8D2117 #488D17 #17838D #5C178D

square

#8D2117 #488D17 #17838D #5C178D

split-complementary

#8D2117 #178D5C #17488D

monochromatic

#240806 #58150E #8D2117 #C22D20 #E04C3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8D2117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8D2117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2117

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2117	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.145 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76555',
    500: '#8d2117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2117;
$custom-light: #b76555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.085,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4255,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2117

secondary

#40B5C0

accent

#DFEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2117

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

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