#85172B#85172B

#85172B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.143 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85172B
RGB	rgb(133, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(349, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(349, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 67.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, 46.01, 17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 49.37, 21.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.1369 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.143 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4165, 5.7754, 2.8513)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85172B #178571

analogous

#851762 #85172B #853A17

triadic

#85172B #2B8517 #172B85

tetradic

#85172B #628517 #178571 #3A1785

square

#85172B #628517 #178571 #3A1785

split-complementary

#85172B #17853A #176285

monochromatic

#1D0509 #510E1A #85172B #B9203C #DD3A57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#85172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#85172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85172B

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85172B	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38352B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.143 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06164',
    500: '#85172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85172b;
$custom-light: #b06164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40455,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85172B

secondary

#3FB9A3

accent

#EDCD3B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120505

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #85172B

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

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