#8E171F#8E171F

#8E171F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E171F
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 31)
HSL	hsl(356, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(356, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 48.13, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 55.76, 30.32°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.1396 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.153 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7105, 6.4644, 1.9272)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E171F #178E86

analogous

#8E175B #8E171F #8E4A17

triadic

#8E171F #1F8E17 #171F8E

tetradic

#8E171F #5B8E17 #178E86 #4A178E

square

#8E171F #5B8E17 #178E86 #4A178E

split-complementary

#8E171F #178E4A #175B8E

monochromatic

#250608 #590E14 #8E171F #C3202A #E03F4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8E171F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E171F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E171F

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E171F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E171F	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)

#3D381E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e171f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8625b',
    500: '#8e171f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e171f;
$custom-light: #b8625b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e171f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.966,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42002,
    "c": 0.15293,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E171F

secondary

#40C0B8

accent

#EFE339

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E171F

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

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