#8F172B#8F172B

#8F172B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.153 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F172B
RGB	rgb(143, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(350, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(350, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.9%, 69.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 48.97, 21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 53.29, 23.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.145 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.153 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0715, 6.6288, 2.9289)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F172B #178F7B

analogous

#8F1767 #8F172B #8F3F17

triadic

#8F172B #2B8F17 #172B8F

tetradic

#8F172B #678F17 #178F7B #3F178F

square

#8F172B #678F17 #178F7B #3F178F

split-complementary

#8F172B #178F3F #17678F

monochromatic

#26060B #5A0F1B #8F172B #C41F3B #E0405B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8F172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8F172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F172B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F172B	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C392B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.153 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76264',
    500: '#8f172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f172b;
$custom-light: #b76264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42386,
    "c": 0.15314,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F172B

secondary

#41C1AB

accent

#EFD139

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F172B

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

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