#8E171B#8E171B

#8E171B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E171B
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, 47.98, 30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 56.87, 32.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.1382 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.153 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6610, 6.4446, 1.6666)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E171B #178E8A

analogous

#8E1757 #8E171B #8E4E17

triadic

#8E171B #1B8E17 #171B8E

tetradic

#8E171B #578E17 #178E8A #4E178E

square

#8E171B #578E17 #178E8A #4E178E

split-complementary

#8E171B #178E4E #17578E

monochromatic

#250607 #590E11 #8E171B #C32025 #E03F45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#8E171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E171B

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E171B	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E371A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86258',
    500: '#8e171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e171b;
$custom-light: #b86258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.983,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41952,
    "c": 0.15335,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E171B

secondary

#40C0BC

accent

#EFE939

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E171B

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

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