#8D2C17#8D2C17

#8D2C17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.135 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8D2C17
RGBrgb(141, 44, 23)
HSLhsl(11, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(11, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.8%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(32.98, 40.00, 35.16)
CIE-LCHlch(32.98, 53.26, 41.32°)
OKLaboklab(43.75% 0.1126 0.0752)
OKLCHoklch(43.75% 0.135 33.8)
XYZxyz(12.0412, 7.5277, 1.6294)
Luminance0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8D2C17 #17788D
analogous
#8D173D #8D2C17 #8D6717
triadic
#8D2C17 #178D2C #2C178D
tetradic
#8D2C17 #3D8D17 #17788D #67178D
square
#8D2C17 #3D8D17 #17788D #67178D
split-complementary
#8D2C17 #178D67 #173D8D
monochromatic
#240B06 #581C0E #8D2C17 #C23C20 #E05B3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38
#8D2C17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51
#8D2C17 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2C17
8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8D2C17#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8D2C171.008.382.518.38
#FFFFFF8.381.0021.001.00
#0000002.5121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.381.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#484014
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#605612
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9C0C28
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8d2c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 44, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.135 33.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b56',
    500: '#8d2c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8d2c17;
$custom-light: #b66b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8d2c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.678,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43748,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8D2C17
secondary
#40A9C0
accent
#CEEF39
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

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#8D2C17 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva