#87232C#87232C

#87232C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.134 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87232C
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 67.4%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.73, 42.61, 19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.73, 46.96, 24.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.126 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.134 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0485, 6.5364, 3.0623)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87232C #23877E

analogous

#87235E #87232C #874C23

triadic

#87232C #2C8723 #232C87

tetradic

#87232C #5E8723 #23877E #4C2387

square

#87232C #5E8723 #23877E #4C2387

split-complementary

#87232C #23874C #235E87

monochromatic

#260A0C #56161C #87232C #B8303C #D2525E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#87232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#87232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87232C

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87232C	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950127

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.134 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16665',
    500: '#87232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87232c;
$custom-light: #b16665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41936,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87232C

secondary

#50B6AD

accent

#E2D446

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #87232C

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

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