#84172A#84172A

#84172A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.142 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#84172A
RGB	rgb(132, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(350, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(350, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.6%, 68.2%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 45.65, 18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 49.16, 21.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.1357 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.142 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2412, 5.6871, 2.7485)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#84172A #178471

analogous

#841761 #84172A #843A17

triadic

#84172A #2A8417 #172A84

tetradic

#84172A #618417 #178471 #3A1784

square

#84172A #618417 #178471 #3A1784

split-complementary

#84172A #17843A #176184

monochromatic

#1C0509 #500E19 #84172A #B8203B #DC3955

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#84172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#84172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #84172A

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##84172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##84172A	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38352A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #84172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.142 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6063',
    500: '#84172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #84172a;
$custom-light: #af6063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#84172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.541,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40242,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#84172A

secondary

#3FB8A3

accent

#EDCE3B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120505

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #84172A

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

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