#8C173B#8C173B

#8C173B is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.151 H 9.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C173B
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 59)
HSL	hsl(342, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(342, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 57.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.65, 49.12, 9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.65, 50.12, 11.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.1492 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.151 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9122, 6.5058, 4.7653)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C173B #178C68

analogous

#8C1776 #8C173B #8C2D17

triadic

#8C173B #3B8C17 #173B8C

tetradic

#8C173B #768C17 #178C68 #2D178C

square

#8C173B #768C17 #178C68 #2D178C

split-complementary

#8C173B #178C2D #17768C

monochromatic

#23060F #570E25 #8C173B #C12051 #DF3E70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#8C173B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8C173B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C173B

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C173B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C173B	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38393C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c173b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.151 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46270',
    500: '#8c173b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c173b;
$custom-light: #b46270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c173b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.538,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42168,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C173B

secondary

#3FBF98

accent

#EFB739

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C173B

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

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