#86231B#86231B

#86231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.135 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#86231B
RGB	rgb(134, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 79.9%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 41.42, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 51.02, 35.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% 0.1186 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.135 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6316, 6.3512, 1.7028)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#86231B #1B7E86

analogous

#861B49 #86231B #86591B

triadic

#86231B #1B8623 #231B86

tetradic

#86231B #49861B #1B7E86 #591B86

square

#86231B #49861B #1B7E86 #591B86

split-complementary

#86231B #1B8659 #1B4986

monochromatic

#200806 #531611 #86231B #B93025 #D94E42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#86231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#86231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #86231B

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##86231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##86231B	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#940022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #86231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.135 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16558',
    500: '#86231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #86231b;
$custom-light: #b16558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#86231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.486,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41489,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#86231B

secondary

#44B0B9

accent

#DDE93E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #86231B

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

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