#8D2817#8D2817

#8D2817 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.139 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2817
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, 41.70, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 54.16, 39.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.1178 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.139 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8993, 7.2440, 1.5821)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2817 #177C8D

analogous

#8D1741 #8D2817 #8D6317

triadic

#8D2817 #178D28 #28178D

tetradic

#8D2817 #418D17 #177C8D #63178D

square

#8D2817 #418D17 #177C8D #63178D

split-complementary

#8D2817 #178D63 #17418D

monochromatic

#240A06 #58190E #8D2817 #C23720 #E0563F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8D2817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D2817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2817

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2817	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.139 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76956',
    500: '#8d2817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2817;
$custom-light: #b76956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.644,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4328,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2817

secondary

#40ADC0

accent

#D5EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2817

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

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