#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
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 44.03, 33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 55.48, 37.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% 0.1251 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.144 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.7126, 6.8705, 1.5199)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8D2217	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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