#85231B#85231B

#85231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.134 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85231B
RGB	rgb(133, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.08, 41.08, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.08, 50.58, 35.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.3% 0.1176 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(41.3% 0.134 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4729, 6.2693, 1.6954)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85231B #1B7D85

analogous

#851B48 #85231B #85581B

triadic

#85231B #1B8523 #231B85

tetradic

#85231B #48851B #1B7D85 #581B85

square

#85231B #48851B #1B7D85 #581B85

split-complementary

#85231B #1B8558 #1B4885

monochromatic

#1F0806 #521611 #85231B #B83025 #D94D42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#85231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#85231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85231B

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85231B	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#930022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.134 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06558',
    500: '#85231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85231b;
$custom-light: #b06558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.528,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41303,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85231B

secondary

#44AFB8

accent

#DCE93F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #85231B

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

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