#87232B#87232B

#87232B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.134 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87232B
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 68.1%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 42.55, 20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 47.17, 25.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.1256 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.134 21)
XYZ	xyz(11.0299, 6.5290, 2.9645)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87232B #23877F

analogous

#87235D #87232B #874D23

triadic

#87232B #2B8723 #232B87

tetradic

#87232B #5D8723 #23877F #4D2387

square

#87232B #5D8723 #23877F #4D2387

split-complementary

#87232B #23874D #235D87

monochromatic

#260A0C #56161C #87232B #B8303A #D2525C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#87232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#87232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87232B

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87232B	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950127

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.134 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16664',
    500: '#87232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87232b;
$custom-light: #b16664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41917,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.06527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87232B

secondary

#50B6AE

accent

#E2D646

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #87232B

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

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