#85172C#85172C

#85172C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.143 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85172C
RGB	rgb(133, 23, 44)
HSL	hsl(349, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(349, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 66.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 46.06, 17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 49.20, 20.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.1374 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.143 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4350, 5.7828, 2.9491)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85172C #178570

analogous

#851763 #85172C #853917

triadic

#85172C #2C8517 #172C85

tetradic

#85172C #638517 #178570 #391785

square

#85172C #638517 #178570 #391785

split-complementary

#85172C #178539 #176385

monochromatic

#1D0509 #510E1B #85172C #B9203D #DD3A59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#85172C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#85172C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85172C

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85172C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85172C	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38352C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85172c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 23, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.143 16.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85172c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.545,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40476,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85172C

secondary

#3FB9A2

accent

#EDCB3B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120505

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #85172C

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

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