#8D172C#8D172C

#8D172C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.151 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D172C
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 44)
HSL	hsl(349, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(349, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 68.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 48.44, 19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 52.32, 22.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.1438 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.151 18)
XYZ	xyz(11.7468, 6.4592, 3.0106)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D172C #178D78

analogous

#8D1767 #8D172C #8D3D17

triadic

#8D172C #2C8D17 #172C8D

tetradic

#8D172C #678D17 #178D78 #3D178D

square

#8D172C #678D17 #178D78 #3D178D

split-complementary

#8D172C #178D3D #17678D

monochromatic

#24060B #580E1C #8D172C #C2203C #E03F5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8D172C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8D172C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D172C

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D172C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D172C	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d172c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.151 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66264',
    500: '#8d172c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d172c;
$custom-light: #b66264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d172c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.322,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42019,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.06457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D172C

secondary

#40C0A9

accent

#EFCE39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D172C

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

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