#87221A#87221A

#87221A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.138 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87221A
RGB	rgb(135, 34, 26)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 80.7%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 42.11, 30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 51.99, 35.90°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.1204 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.138 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7514, 6.3712, 1.6407)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87221A #1A7F87

analogous

#871A49 #87221A #87591A

triadic

#87221A #1A8722 #221A87

tetradic

#87221A #49871A #1A7F87 #591A87

square

#87221A #49871A #1A7F87 #591A87

split-complementary

#87221A #1A8759 #1A4987

monochromatic

#200806 #541510 #87221A #BA2F24 #DA4C41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#87221A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#87221A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87221A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87221A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87221A	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87221a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 34, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.138 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26557',
    500: '#87221a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87221a;
$custom-light: #b26557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87221a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.404,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41558,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87221A

secondary

#42B2BA

accent

#DEEB3D

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #87221A

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

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