#8E172C#8E172C

#8E172C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.152 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E172C
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 44)
HSL	hsl(349, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(349, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, 48.74, 20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 52.71, 22.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.1446 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.152 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9177, 6.5473, 3.0186)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E172C #178E79

analogous

#8E1767 #8E172C #8E3E17

triadic

#8E172C #2C8E17 #172C8E

tetradic

#8E172C #678E17 #178E79 #3E178E

square

#8E172C #678E17 #178E79 #3E178E

split-complementary

#8E172C #178E3E #17678E

monochromatic

#25060B #590E1C #8E172C #C3203C #E03F5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8E172C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E172C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E172C

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E172C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E172C	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C382C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e172c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.152 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76264',
    500: '#8e172c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e172c;
$custom-light: #b76264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e172c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42212,
    "c": 0.15216,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E172C

secondary

#40C0AA

accent

#EFCF39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E172C

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

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