#8D2217#8D2217

#8D2217 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.144 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8D2217
RGBrgb(141, 34, 23)
HSLhsl(6, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(6, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.9%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(31.51, 44.03, 33.76)
CIE-LCHlch(31.51, 55.48, 37.48°)
OKLaboklab(42.65% 0.1251 0.0721)
OKLCHoklch(42.65% 0.144 30)
XYZxyz(11.7126, 6.8705, 1.5199)
Luminance0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8D2217 #17828D
analogous
#8D1747 #8D2217 #8D5D17
triadic
#8D2217 #178D22 #22178D
tetradic
#8D2217 #478D17 #17828D #5D178D
square
#8D2217 #478D17 #17828D #5D178D
split-complementary
#8D2217 #178D5D #17478D
monochromatic
#240906 #58150E #8D2217 #C22F20 #E04E3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85
#8D2217 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37
#8D2217 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2217
8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8D2217#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8D22171.008.852.378.85
#FFFFFF8.851.0021.001.00
#0000002.3721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.851.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#433B14
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5D5312
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9C0021
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8d2217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.144 30.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76655',
    500: '#8d2217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8d2217;
$custom-light: #b76655;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8d2217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.593,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42648,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8D2217
secondary
#40B4C0
accent
#DEEF39
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130603
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2217

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#8D2217 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva