#8D2A17#8D2A17

#8D2A17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.137 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2A17
RGB	rgb(141, 42, 23)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.66, 40.86, 34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.66, 53.71, 40.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.1152 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.137 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9685, 7.3823, 1.6052)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2A17 #177A8D

analogous

#8D173F #8D2A17 #8D6517

triadic

#8D2A17 #178D2A #2A178D

tetradic

#8D2A17 #3F8D17 #177A8D #65178D

square

#8D2A17 #3F8D17 #177A8D #65178D

split-complementary

#8D2A17 #178D65 #173F8D

monochromatic

#240B06 #581A0E #8D2A17 #C23A20 #E0593F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8D2A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8D2A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2A17

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2A17	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 42, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.137 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a56',
    500: '#8d2a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2a17;
$custom-light: #b66a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.661,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43509,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2A17

secondary

#40ABC0

accent

#D1EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2A17

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

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