#8D2317#8D2317

#8D2317 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.144 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2317
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 43.66, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 55.27, 37.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1239 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.144 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7416, 6.9285, 1.5295)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2317 #17818D

analogous

#8D1746 #8D2317 #8D5E17

triadic

#8D2317 #178D23 #23178D

tetradic

#8D2317 #468D17 #17818D #5E178D

square

#8D2317 #468D17 #17818D #5E178D

split-complementary

#8D2317 #178D5E #17468D

monochromatic

#240906 #58160E #8D2317 #C23020 #E04F3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8D2317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D2317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2317

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2317	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.144 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76655',
    500: '#8d2317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2317;
$custom-light: #b76655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.102,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42747,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2317

secondary

#40B3C0

accent

#DCEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2317

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

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