#87221C#87221C

#87221C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.137 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87221C
RGB	rgb(135, 34, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 79.3%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, 42.19, 29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 51.38, 34.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% 0.1211 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.137 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7746, 6.3805, 1.7626)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87221C #1C8187

analogous

#871C4C #87221C #87571C

triadic

#87221C #1C8722 #221C87

tetradic

#87221C #4C871C #1C8187 #571C87

square

#87221C #4C871C #1C8187 #571C87

split-complementary

#87221C #1C8757 #1C4C87

monochromatic

#220807 #541511 #87221C #BA2F27 #D84D45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#87221C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#87221C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87221C

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87221C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87221C	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40391A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87221c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 34, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.137 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26559',
    500: '#87221c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87221c;
$custom-light: #b26559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87221c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.364,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41582,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87221C

secondary

#45B3BA

accent

#DFE93F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #87221C

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

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