#8E172F#8E172F

#8E172F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.152 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E172F
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 47)
HSL	hsl(348, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 48.90, 18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 52.17, 20.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.1458 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.152 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9761, 6.5707, 3.3264)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E172F #178E76

analogous

#8E176B #8E172F #8E3A17

triadic

#8E172F #2F8E17 #172F8E

tetradic

#8E172F #6B8E17 #178E76 #3A178E

square

#8E172F #6B8E17 #178E76 #3A178E

split-complementary

#8E172F #178E3A #176B8E

monochromatic

#25060C #590E1E #8E172F #C32040 #E03F60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#8E172F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E172F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E172F

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E172F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E172F	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)

#3B392F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e172f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.152 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66267',
    500: '#8e172f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e172f;
$custom-light: #b66267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e172f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.899,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42271,
    "c": 0.15217,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E172F

secondary

#40C0A7

accent

#EFCA39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E172F

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

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