#8D2517#8D2517

#8D2517 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.142 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2517
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, 42.90, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 54.83, 38.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.1216 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.142 31)
XYZ	xyz(11.8021, 7.0495, 1.5497)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2517 #177F8D

analogous

#8D1744 #8D2517 #8D6017

triadic

#8D2517 #178D25 #25178D

tetradic

#8D2517 #448D17 #177F8D #60178D

square

#8D2517 #448D17 #177F8D #60178D

split-complementary

#8D2517 #178D60 #17448D

monochromatic

#240906 #58170E #8D2517 #C23320 #E0523F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8D2517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D2517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2517

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2517	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.142 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76756',
    500: '#8d2517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2517;
$custom-light: #b76756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.119,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42953,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.07048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2517

secondary

#40B1C0

accent

#D9EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2517

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

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