#8E172B#8E172B

#8E172B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.152 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E172B
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(350, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(350, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.74, 48.68, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.74, 52.90, 23.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.1442 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.152 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8991, 6.5399, 2.9208)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E172B #178E7A

analogous

#8E1767 #8E172B #8E3F17

triadic

#8E172B #2B8E17 #172B8E

tetradic

#8E172B #678E17 #178E7A #3F178E

square

#8E172B #678E17 #178E7A #3F178E

split-complementary

#8E172B #178E3F #17678E

monochromatic

#25060B #590E1B #8E172B #C3203B #E03F5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#8E172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E172B

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E172B	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C382B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.152 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76264',
    500: '#8e172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e172b;
$custom-light: #b76264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.916,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42193,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E172B

secondary

#40C0AB

accent

#EFD039

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E172B

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

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