#8D2717#8D2717

#8D2717 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.140 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2717
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 42.11, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 54.39, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.1191 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.14 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8661, 7.1774, 1.5710)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2717 #177D8D

analogous

#8D1742 #8D2717 #8D6217

triadic

#8D2717 #178D27 #27178D

tetradic

#8D2717 #428D17 #177D8D #62178D

square

#8D2717 #428D17 #177D8D #62178D

split-complementary

#8D2717 #178D62 #17428D

monochromatic

#240A06 #58180E #8D2717 #C23620 #E0553F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8D2717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8D2717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2717

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2717	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.140 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76856',
    500: '#8d2717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2717;
$custom-light: #b76856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.136,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43169,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2717

secondary

#40AFC0

accent

#D6EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2717

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

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