#87231E#87231E

#87231E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.136 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87231E
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 77.8%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 41.88, 28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 50.55, 34.05°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.1206 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.136 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8283, 6.4484, 1.9025)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87231E #1E8287

analogous

#871E4E #87231E #87571E

triadic

#87231E #1E8723 #231E87

tetradic

#87231E #4E871E #1E8287 #571E87

square

#87231E #4E871E #1E8287 #571E87

split-complementary

#87231E #1E8757 #1E4E87

monochromatic

#230908 #551613 #87231E #B93029 #D75049

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#87231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#87231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87231E

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87231E	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.136 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2665a',
    500: '#87231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87231e;
$custom-light: #b2665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41712,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87231E

secondary

#48B3B9

accent

#DFE741

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #87231E

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

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