#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
RGB	rgb(141, 44, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 40.00, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 53.26, 41.32°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% 0.1126 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.135 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0412, 7.5277, 1.6294)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8D2C17	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8D2C17

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

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