#8D2D17#8D2D17

#8D2D17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.134 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2D17
RGB	rgb(141, 45, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 39.56, 35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 53.03, 41.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.1112 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.134 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0789, 7.6031, 1.6420)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2D17 #17778D

analogous

#8D173C #8D2D17 #8D6817

triadic

#8D2D17 #178D2D #2D178D

tetradic

#8D2D17 #3C8D17 #17778D #68178D

square

#8D2D17 #3C8D17 #17778D #68178D

split-complementary

#8D2D17 #178D68 #173C8D

monochromatic

#240B06 #581C0E #8D2D17 #C23E20 #E05D3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8D2D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8D2D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2D17

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2D17	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0F29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 45, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.134 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b56',
    500: '#8d2d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2d17;
$custom-light: #b66b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.186,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4387,
    "c": 0.13445,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2D17

secondary

#40A8C0

accent

#CDEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2D17

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

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