#8D172F#8D172F

#8D172F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.151 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D172F
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 47)
HSL	hsl(348, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 66.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 48.61, 17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 51.79, 20.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.1451 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.151 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8053, 6.4826, 3.3184)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D172F #178D75

analogous

#8D176A #8D172F #8D3A17

triadic

#8D172F #2F8D17 #172F8D

tetradic

#8D172F #6A8D17 #178D75 #3A178D

square

#8D172F #6A8D17 #178D75 #3A178D

split-complementary

#8D172F #178D3A #176A8D

monochromatic

#24060C #580E1D #8D172F #C22041 #E03F5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8D172F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8D172F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D172F

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D172F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D172F	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58512C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d172f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.151 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66267',
    500: '#8d172f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d172f;
$custom-light: #b66267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d172f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.797,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42079,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D172F

secondary

#40C0A6

accent

#EFCA39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D172F

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

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