#8D172D#8D172D

#8D172D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.151 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D172D
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 45)
HSL	hsl(349, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(349, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 68.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 48.50, 19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 52.14, 21.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.1442 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.151 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7659, 6.4668, 3.1108)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D172D #178D77

analogous

#8D1768 #8D172D #8D3C17

triadic

#8D172D #2D8D17 #172D8D

tetradic

#8D172D #688D17 #178D77 #3C178D

square

#8D172D #688D17 #178D77 #3C178D

split-complementary

#8D172D #178D3C #17688D

monochromatic

#24060B #580E1C #8D172D #C2203E #E03F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8D172D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8D172D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D172D

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D172D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D172D	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)

#3B382D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d172d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.151 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66265',
    500: '#8d172d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d172d;
$custom-light: #b66265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d172d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.814,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42038,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D172D

secondary

#40C0A8

accent

#EFCD39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D172D

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

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