#8D3217#8D3217

#8D3217 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.130 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3217
RGB	rgb(141, 50, 23)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(14, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 37.26, 36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 51.90, 44.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% 0.1041 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.13 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2811, 8.0076, 1.7094)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3217 #17728D

analogous

#8D1737 #8D3217 #8D6D17

triadic

#8D3217 #178D32 #32178D

tetradic

#8D3217 #378D17 #17728D #6D178D

square

#8D3217 #378D17 #17728D #6D178D

split-complementary

#8D3217 #178D6D #17378D

monochromatic

#240D06 #581F0E #8D3217 #C24520 #E0643F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8D3217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8D3217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3217

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3217	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 50, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.130 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66e56',
    500: '#8d3217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3217;
$custom-light: #b66e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.729,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44515,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3217

secondary

#40A3C0

accent

#C5EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3217

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

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