#8F2217#8F2217

#8F2217 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.146 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F2217
RGB	rgb(143, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 44.69, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 56.33, 37.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% 0.1269 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.146 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0558, 7.0475, 1.5360)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F2217 #17848F

analogous

#8F1748 #8F2217 #8F5E17

triadic

#8F2217 #178F22 #22178F

tetradic

#8F2217 #488F17 #17848F #5E178F

square

#8F2217 #488F17 #17848F #5E178F

split-complementary

#8F2217 #178F5E #17488F

monochromatic

#260906 #5A150F #8F2217 #C42F1F #E04F40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8F2217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8F2217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F2217

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F2217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F2217	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5411

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f2217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.146 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86655',
    500: '#8f2217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f2217;
$custom-light: #b86655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f2217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43022,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F2217

secondary

#41B5C1

accent

#DEEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F2217

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

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