#8D172B#8D172B

#8D172B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.151 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D172B
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(350, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(350, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 69.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 48.39, 20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 52.51, 22.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.1434 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.151 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7283, 6.4518, 2.9128)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D172B #178D79

analogous

#8D1766 #8D172B #8D3E17

triadic

#8D172B #2B8D17 #172B8D

tetradic

#8D172B #668D17 #178D79 #3E178D

square

#8D172B #668D17 #178D79 #3E178D

split-complementary

#8D172B #178D3E #17668D

monochromatic

#24060B #580E1B #8D172B #C2203B #E03F5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8D172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8D172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D172B

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D172B	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C382B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.151 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66264',
    500: '#8d172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d172b;
$custom-light: #b66264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.831,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42,
    "c": 0.15121,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D172B

secondary

#40C0AA

accent

#EFD039

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D172B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →