#87221B#87221B

#87221B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.137 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87221B
RGB	rgb(135, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 80%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 42.15, 29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 51.68, 35.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.57% 0.1207 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(41.57% 0.137 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7628, 6.3757, 1.7006)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87221B #1B8087

analogous

#871B4A #87221B #87581B

triadic

#87221B #1B8722 #221B87

tetradic

#87221B #4A871B #1B8087 #581B87

square

#87221B #4A871B #1B8087 #581B87

split-complementary

#87221B #1B8758 #1B4A87

monochromatic

#210807 #541511 #87221B #BA2F25 #D94D43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#87221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#87221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87221B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87221B	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)

#403919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.137 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26558',
    500: '#87221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87221b;
$custom-light: #b26558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.889,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41569,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87221B

secondary

#44B2BA

accent

#DEEA3E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #87221B

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

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