#85231E#85231E

#85231E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.134 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85231E
RGB	rgb(133, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 77.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.12, 41.20, 27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.12, 49.68, 33.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% 0.1187 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.134 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5094, 6.2839, 1.8876)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85231E #1E8085

analogous

#851E4C #85231E #85571E

triadic

#85231E #1E8523 #231E85

tetradic

#85231E #4C851E #1E8085 #571E85

square

#85231E #4C851E #1E8085 #571E85

split-complementary

#85231E #1E8557 #1E4C85

monochromatic

#210907 #531613 #85231E #B73029 #D64F48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#85231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#85231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85231E

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85231E	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40391C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#930023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.134 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0655a',
    500: '#85231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85231e;
$custom-light: #b0655a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.913,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41341,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85231E

secondary

#47B2B8

accent

#DEE642

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #85231E

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

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