#8E172A#8E172A

#8E172A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.152 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E172A
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(350, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(350, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 48.63, 21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 53.10, 23.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1438 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.152 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8810, 6.5326, 2.8254)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E172A #178E7B

analogous

#8E1766 #8E172A #8E3F17

triadic

#8E172A #2A8E17 #172A8E

tetradic

#8E172A #668E17 #178E7B #3F178E

square

#8E172A #668E17 #178E7B #3F178E

split-complementary

#8E172A #178E3F #17668E

monochromatic

#25060B #590E1A #8E172A #C3203A #E03F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8E172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E172A

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E172A	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C382A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.152 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76263',
    500: '#8e172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e172a;
$custom-light: #b76263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.42,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42175,
    "c": 0.1522,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E172A

secondary

#40C0AC

accent

#EFD239

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E172A

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

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