#8E171C#8E171C

#8E171C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E171C
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 28)
HSL	hsl(357, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 48.02, 29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 56.59, 31.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.1386 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.153 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6728, 6.4493, 1.7286)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E171C #178E89

analogous

#8E1758 #8E171C #8E4E17

triadic

#8E171C #1C8E17 #171C8E

tetradic

#8E171C #588E17 #178E89 #4E178E

square

#8E171C #588E17 #178E89 #4E178E

split-complementary

#8E171C #178E4E #17588E

monochromatic

#250607 #590E12 #8E171C #C32026 #E03F46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8E171C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E171C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E171C

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E171C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E171C	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E371B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e171c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86258',
    500: '#8e171c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e171c;
$custom-light: #b86258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e171c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.479,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41963,
    "c": 0.15324,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E171C

secondary

#40C0BB

accent

#EFE739

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E171C

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

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