#87231F#87231F

#87231F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.136 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87231F
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 31)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 77%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, 41.93, 27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 50.26, 33.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.73% 0.1209 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(41.73% 0.136 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8413, 6.4535, 1.9709)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87231F #1F8387

analogous

#871F4F #87231F #87571F

triadic

#87231F #1F8723 #231F87

tetradic

#87231F #4F871F #1F8387 #571F87

square

#87231F #4F871F #1F8387 #571F87

split-complementary

#87231F #1F8757 #1F4F87

monochromatic

#230908 #551614 #87231F #B9302A #D6504B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#87231F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#87231F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87231F

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#403A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87231f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.136 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2665b',
    500: '#87231f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87231f;
$custom-light: #b2665b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87231f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.308,
    "s": 62.651,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41725,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87231F

secondary

#4AB4B8

accent

#DFE642

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #87231F

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

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