#8D172A#8D172A

#8D172A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.151 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D172A
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(350, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(350, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 70.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, 48.33, 21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 52.71, 23.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.143 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.151 19)
XYZ	xyz(11.7102, 6.4445, 2.8174)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D172A #178D7A

analogous

#8D1765 #8D172A #8D3F17

triadic

#8D172A #2A8D17 #172A8D

tetradic

#8D172A #658D17 #178D7A #3F178D

square

#8D172A #658D17 #178D7A #3F178D

split-complementary

#8D172A #178D3F #17658D

monochromatic

#24060B #580E1A #8D172A #C2203A #E03F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#8D172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8D172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D172A

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D172A	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C382A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.151 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66263',
    500: '#8d172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d172a;
$custom-light: #b66263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.339,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41982,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.06443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D172A

secondary

#40C0AB

accent

#EFD139

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D172A

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

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