#8F172D#8F172D

#8F172D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.153 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F172D
RGB	rgb(143, 23, 45)
HSL	hsl(349, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(349, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.9%, 68.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.98, 49.08, 19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.98, 52.91, 21.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1458 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.153 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1091, 6.6438, 3.1269)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F172D #178F79

analogous

#8F1769 #8F172D #8F3D17

triadic

#8F172D #2D8F17 #172D8F

tetradic

#8F172D #698F17 #178F79 #3D178F

square

#8F172D #698F17 #178F79 #3D178F

split-complementary

#8F172D #178F3D #17698F

monochromatic

#26060C #5A0F1C #8F172D #C41F3E #E0405D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8F172D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8F172D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F172D

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F172D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F172D	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C392D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f172d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 23, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.153 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76265',
    500: '#8f172d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f172d;
$custom-light: #b76265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f172d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42424,
    "c": 0.15312,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F172D

secondary

#41C1A9

accent

#EFCE39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F172D

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

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