#87231D#87231D

#87231D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.136 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87231D
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 78.5%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 41.84, 28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 50.85, 34.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.1202 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.136 28)
XYZ	xyz(10.8157, 6.4433, 1.8363)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87231D #1D8187

analogous

#871D4C #87231D #87581D

triadic

#87231D #1D8723 #231D87

tetradic

#87231D #4C871D #1D8187 #581D87

square

#87231D #4C871D #1D8187 #581D87

split-complementary

#87231D #1D8758 #1D4C87

monochromatic

#220907 #551612 #87231D #B93028 #D74F47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#87231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#87231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87231D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87231D	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)

#413A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.136 28.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.396,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41699,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.06442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87231D

secondary

#46B3B9

accent

#DEE840

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #87231D

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

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