#87231A#87231A

#87231A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.137 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87231A
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 80.7%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 41.73, 30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 51.76, 36.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.1192 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.137 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7804, 6.4292, 1.6504)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87231A #1A7E87

analogous

#871A48 #87231A #875A1A

triadic

#87231A #1A8723 #231A87

tetradic

#87231A #48871A #1A7E87 #5A1A87

square

#87231A #48871A #1A7E87 #5A1A87

split-complementary

#87231A #1A875A #1A4887

monochromatic

#200806 #541610 #87231A #BA3024 #DA4E41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#87231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#87231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87231A

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87231A	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.137 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26557',
    500: '#87231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87231a;
$custom-light: #b26557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.954,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41662,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87231A

secondary

#42B0BA

accent

#DCEB3D

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #87231A

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

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