#8F172F#8F172F

#8F172F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.153 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F172F
RGB	rgb(143, 23, 47)
HSL	hsl(348, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(348, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.9%, 67.1%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 49.19, 18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 52.56, 20.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.1466 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.153 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1485, 6.6596, 3.3345)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F172F #178F77

analogous

#8F176B #8F172F #8F3B17

triadic

#8F172F #2F8F17 #172F8F

tetradic

#8F172F #6B8F17 #178F77 #3B178F

square

#8F172F #6B8F17 #178F77 #3B178F

split-complementary

#8F172F #178F3B #176B8F

monochromatic

#26060C #5A0F1E #8F172F #C41F40 #E04060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8F172F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8F172F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F172F

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F172F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F172F	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C392F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f172f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 23, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.153 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76267',
    500: '#8f172f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f172f;
$custom-light: #b76267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f172f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42463,
    "c": 0.15312,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F172F

secondary

#41C1A7

accent

#EFCB39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F172F

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

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