#87222C#87222C

#87222C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.135 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87222C
RGB	rgb(135, 34, 44)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 67.4%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, 42.99, 19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 47.24, 24.47°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.1272 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.135 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0195, 6.4784, 3.0526)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87222C #22877D

analogous

#87225E #87222C #874A22

triadic

#87222C #2C8722 #222C87

tetradic

#87222C #5E8722 #22877D #4A2287

square

#87222C #5E8722 #22877D #4A2287

split-complementary

#87222C #22874A #225E87

monochromatic

#25090C #56161C #87222C #B82E3C #D3505D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#87222C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#87222C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87222C

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87222C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87222C	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87222c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 34, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.135 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16565',
    500: '#87222c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87222c;
$custom-light: #b16565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87222c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.059,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41833,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87222C

secondary

#4EB7AC

accent

#E3D345

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #87222C

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

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