#8D2E17#8D2E17

#8D2E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.134 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2E17
RGB	rgb(141, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, 39.11, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 52.80, 42.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.1098 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.134 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1175, 7.6804, 1.6548)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2E17 #17768D

analogous

#8D173B #8D2E17 #8D6917

triadic

#8D2E17 #178D2E #2E178D

tetradic

#8D2E17 #3B8D17 #17768D #69178D

square

#8D2E17 #3B8D17 #17768D #69178D

split-complementary

#8D2E17 #178D69 #173B8D

monochromatic

#240C06 #581D0E #8D2E17 #C23F20 #E05E3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8D2E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8D2E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2E17

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2E17	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C112A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.134 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c56',
    500: '#8d2e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2e17;
$custom-light: #b66c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.695,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43995,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2E17

secondary

#40A7C0

accent

#CBEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2E17

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

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