#8D172E#8D172E

#8D172E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.151 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D172E
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 46)
HSL	hsl(348, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 48.55, 18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 51.96, 20.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.1446 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.151 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7854, 6.4746, 3.2134)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D172E #178D76

analogous

#8D1769 #8D172E #8D3B17

triadic

#8D172E #2E8D17 #172E8D

tetradic

#8D172E #698D17 #178D76 #3B178D

square

#8D172E #698D17 #178D76 #3B178D

split-complementary

#8D172E #178D3B #17698D

monochromatic

#24060C #580E1D #8D172E #C2203F #E03F5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8D172E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8D172E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D172E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D172E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D172E	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d172e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.151 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66266',
    500: '#8d172e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d172e;
$custom-light: #b66266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d172e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.305,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42058,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D172E

secondary

#40C0A7

accent

#EFCB39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D172E

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

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