#8E172E#8E172E

#8E172E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.152 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E172E
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 46)
HSL	hsl(348, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 48.85, 18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 52.34, 21.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.1454 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.152 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9562, 6.5627, 3.2214)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E172E #178E77

analogous

#8E176A #8E172E #8E3B17

triadic

#8E172E #2E8E17 #172E8E

tetradic

#8E172E #6A8E17 #178E77 #3B178E

square

#8E172E #6A8E17 #178E77 #3B178E

split-complementary

#8E172E #178E3B #176A8E

monochromatic

#25060C #590E1D #8E172E #C3203F #E03F5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#8E172E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E172E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E172E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E172E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E172E	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C392E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e172e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.152 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66266',
    500: '#8e172e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e172e;
$custom-light: #b66266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e172e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.403,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42251,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E172E

secondary

#40C0A8

accent

#EFCC39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E172E

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

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