#8D2B17#8D2B17

#8D2B17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.136 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2B17
RGB	rgb(141, 43, 23)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, 40.44, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 53.49, 40.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.63% 0.1139 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(43.63% 0.136 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0044, 7.4541, 1.6171)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2B17 #17798D

analogous

#8D173E #8D2B17 #8D6617

triadic

#8D2B17 #178D2B #2B178D

tetradic

#8D2B17 #3E8D17 #17798D #66178D

square

#8D2B17 #3E8D17 #17798D #66178D

split-complementary

#8D2B17 #178D66 #173E8D

monochromatic

#240B06 #581B0E #8D2B17 #C23B20 #E05A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8D2B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8D2B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2B17

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2B17	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0927

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 43, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.136 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a56',
    500: '#8d2b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2b17;
$custom-light: #b66a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.169,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43627,
    "c": 0.13632,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2B17

secondary

#40AAC0

accent

#D0EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2B17

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

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