#87232E#87232E

#87232E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.134 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87232E
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 65.9%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, 42.73, 18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 46.56, 23.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.1268 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.134 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0870, 6.5518, 3.2651)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87232E #23877C

analogous

#872360 #87232E #874A23

triadic

#87232E #2E8723 #232E87

tetradic

#87232E #608723 #23877C #4A2387

square

#87232E #608723 #23877C #4A2387

split-complementary

#87232E #23874A #236087

monochromatic

#260A0D #56161D #87232E #B8303F #D25260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#87232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#87232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87232E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87232E	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58502B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#940228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.134 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06666',
    500: '#87232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87232e;
$custom-light: #b06666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41975,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87232E

secondary

#50B6AB

accent

#E2D146

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #87232E

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

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