#8B173A#8B173A

#8B173A is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.150 H 9.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B173A
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 58)
HSL	hsl(342, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(342, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 58.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, 48.76, 10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 49.83, 11.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.148 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.15 9.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7187, 6.4090, 4.6222)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B173A #178B68

analogous

#8B1774 #8B173A #8B2E17

triadic

#8B173A #3A8B17 #173A8B

tetradic

#8B173A #748B17 #178B68 #2E178B

square

#8B173A #748B17 #178B68 #2E178B

split-complementary

#8B173A #178B2E #17748B

monochromatic

#22060E #560E24 #8B173A #C02050 #DF3D6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8B173A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8B173A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B173A

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B173A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B173A	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38393B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b173a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.150 9.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3626f',
    500: '#8b173a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b173a;
$custom-light: #b3626f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b173a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.897,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41952,
    "c": 0.15023,
    "h": 9.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B173A

secondary

#3FBF98

accent

#EEB839

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B173A

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

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