#85231C#85231C

#85231C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.134 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85231C
RGB	rgb(133, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 78.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.09, 41.12, 28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.09, 50.27, 35.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.32% 0.118 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(41.32% 0.134 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4847, 6.2740, 1.7573)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85231C #1C7E85

analogous

#851C4A #85231C #85581C

triadic

#85231C #1C8523 #231C85

tetradic

#85231C #4A851C #1C7E85 #581C85

square

#85231C #4A851C #1C7E85 #581C85

split-complementary

#85231C #1C8558 #1C4A85

monochromatic

#200807 #521611 #85231C #B83027 #D84E44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#85231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#85231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85231C

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85231C	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)

#40391A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#930022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.134 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06559',
    500: '#85231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85231c;
$custom-light: #b06559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41315,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85231C

secondary

#45B0B8

accent

#DDE840

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #85231C

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

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