#8D3417#8D3417

#8D3417 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.128 H 37.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3417
RGB	rgb(141, 52, 23)
HSL	hsl(15, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(15, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.36, 36.31, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.36, 51.46, 45.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.79% 0.1012 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(44.79% 0.128 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3685, 8.1823, 1.7385)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3417 #17708D

analogous

#8D1735 #8D3417 #8D6F17

triadic

#8D3417 #178D34 #34178D

tetradic

#8D3417 #358D17 #17708D #6F178D

square

#8D3417 #358D17 #17708D #6F178D

split-complementary

#8D3417 #178D6F #17358D

monochromatic

#240D06 #58210E #8D3417 #C24720 #E0663F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#8D3417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8D3417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3417

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3417	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C1D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 52, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.128 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66f57',
    500: '#8d3417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3417;
$custom-light: #b66f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.746,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44787,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3417

secondary

#40A0C0

accent

#C2EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3417

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

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