#8C173E#8C173E

#8C173E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.152 H 7.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C173E
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 62)
HSL	hsl(340, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(340, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 55.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.73, 49.35, 8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.73, 50.01, 9.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.1504 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.152 7.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9923, 6.5378, 5.1869)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C173E #178C65

analogous

#8C1779 #8C173E #8C2B17

triadic

#8C173E #3E8C17 #173E8C

tetradic

#8C173E #798C17 #178C65 #2B178C

square

#8C173E #798C17 #178C65 #2B178C

split-complementary

#8C173E #178C2B #17798C

monochromatic

#23060F #570E27 #8C173E #C12055 #DF3E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#8C173E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8C173E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C173E

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C173E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C173E	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38393F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56513B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c173e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.152 7.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46272',
    500: '#8c173e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c173e;
$custom-light: #b46272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c173e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42249,
    "c": 0.1518,
    "h": 7.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C173E

secondary

#3FBF95

accent

#EFB239

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C173E

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

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