#8E172D#8E172D

#8E172D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.152 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E172D
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 45)
HSL	hsl(349, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(349, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 48.79, 19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 52.52, 21.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.145 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.152 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9367, 6.5549, 3.1188)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E172D #178E78

analogous

#8E1768 #8E172D #8E3D17

triadic

#8E172D #2D8E17 #172D8E

tetradic

#8E172D #688E17 #178E78 #3D178E

square

#8E172D #688E17 #178E78 #3D178E

split-complementary

#8E172D #178E3D #17688E

monochromatic

#25060C #590E1C #8E172D #C3203E #E03F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8E172D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E172D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E172D

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E172D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E172D	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)

#3C392D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e172d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.152 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76265',
    500: '#8e172d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e172d;
$custom-light: #b76265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e172d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.908,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42231,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E172D

secondary

#40C0A9

accent

#EFCD39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E172D

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

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