#84231B#84231B

#84231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.133 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#84231B
RGB	rgb(132, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 79.5%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.88, 40.73, 29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.88, 50.14, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(41.12% 0.1166 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(41.12% 0.133 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3158, 6.1883, 1.6880)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#84231B #1B7C84

analogous

#841B47 #84231B #84571B

triadic

#84231B #1B8423 #231B84

tetradic

#84231B #47841B #1B7C84 #571B84

square

#84231B #47841B #1B7C84 #571B84

split-complementary

#84231B #1B8457 #1B4784

monochromatic

#1E0806 #511611 #84231B #B73025 #D84D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#84231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#84231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #84231B

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##84231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##84231B	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #84231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.133 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06558',
    500: '#84231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #84231b;
$custom-light: #b06558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#84231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.571,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41118,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#84231B

secondary

#43AFB7

accent

#DCE93F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #84231B

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

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