#87231C#87231C

#87231C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.136 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87231C
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 79.3%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 41.80, 29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 51.15, 35.19°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.1199 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.136 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8036, 6.4385, 1.7723)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87231C #1C8087

analogous

#871C4B #87231C #87591C

triadic

#87231C #1C8723 #231C87

tetradic

#87231C #4B871C #1C8087 #591C87

square

#87231C #4B871C #1C8087 #591C87

split-complementary

#87231C #1C8759 #1C4B87

monochromatic

#220907 #541611 #87231C #BA3027 #D84F45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#87231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#87231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87231C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87231C	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.136 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26659',
    500: '#87231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87231c;
$custom-light: #b26659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.925,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41686,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87231C

secondary

#45B2BA

accent

#DEE93F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #87231C

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

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