#8F172C#8F172C

#8F172C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.153 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F172C
RGB	rgb(143, 23, 44)
HSL	hsl(350, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(350, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.9%, 69.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 49.03, 20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 53.10, 22.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1454 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.153 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0901, 6.6362, 3.0267)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F172C #178F7A

analogous

#8F1768 #8F172C #8F3E17

triadic

#8F172C #2C8F17 #172C8F

tetradic

#8F172C #688F17 #178F7A #3E178F

square

#8F172C #688F17 #178F7A #3E178F

split-complementary

#8F172C #178F3E #17688F

monochromatic

#26060C #5A0F1C #8F172C #C41F3C #E0405C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8F172C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8F172C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F172C

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F172C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F172C	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)

#3C392C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f172c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 23, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.153 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76264',
    500: '#8f172c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f172c;
$custom-light: #b76264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f172c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42405,
    "c": 0.15312,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F172C

secondary

#41C1AA

accent

#EFCF39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F172C

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

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