#87222B#87222B

#87222B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.136 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87222B
RGB	rgb(135, 34, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 68.1%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 42.93, 20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 47.44, 25.19°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.1268 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.136 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0009, 6.4710, 2.9548)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87222B #22877E

analogous

#87225E #87222B #874B22

triadic

#87222B #2B8722 #222B87

tetradic

#87222B #5E8722 #22877E #4B2287

square

#87222B #5E8722 #22877E #4B2287

split-complementary

#87222B #22874B #225E87

monochromatic

#25090C #56161B #87222B #B82E3B #D3505C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#87222B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#87222B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87222B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87222B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87222B	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87222b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 34, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.136 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16564',
    500: '#87222b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87222b;
$custom-light: #b16564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87222b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.653,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41814,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87222B

secondary

#4EB7AD

accent

#E3D545

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #87222B

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

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