#8B173B#8B173B

#8B173B is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.150 H 9.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B173B
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 59)
HSL	hsl(341, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(341, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 57.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, 48.84, 9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 49.78, 11.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.1484 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.15 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7444, 6.4193, 4.7575)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B173B #178B67

analogous

#8B1775 #8B173B #8B2D17

triadic

#8B173B #3B8B17 #173B8B

tetradic

#8B173B #758B17 #178B67 #2D178B

square

#8B173B #758B17 #178B67 #2D178B

split-complementary

#8B173B #178B2D #17758B

monochromatic

#22060E #560E25 #8B173B #C02051 #DF3D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8B173B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8B173B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B173B

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B173B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B173B	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)

#38393C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b173b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.150 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36270',
    500: '#8b173b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b173b;
$custom-light: #b36270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b173b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.379,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41978,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B173B

secondary

#3FBF97

accent

#EEB639

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B173B

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

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