#8F2717#8F2717

#8F2717 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.142 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F2717
RGB	rgb(143, 39, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 42.80, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 55.25, 39.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.121 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.142 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2093, 7.3544, 1.5871)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F2717 #177F8F

analogous

#8F1743 #8F2717 #8F6317

triadic

#8F2717 #178F27 #27178F

tetradic

#8F2717 #438F17 #177F8F #63178F

square

#8F2717 #438F17 #177F8F #63178F

split-complementary

#8F2717 #178F63 #17438F

monochromatic

#260A06 #5A190F #8F2717 #C4351F #E05540

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8F2717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8F2717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F2717

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F2717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F2717	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f2717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 39, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.142 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86856',
    500: '#8f2717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f2717;
$custom-light: #b86856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f2717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43535,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F2717

secondary

#41B0C1

accent

#D7EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F2717

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

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