#87233B#87233B

#87233B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.135 H 11.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87233B
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 59)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 56.3%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 43.68, 10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 44.89, 13.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.1323 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.135 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3832, 6.6703, 4.8249)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87233B #23876F

analogous

#87236D #87233B #873D23

triadic

#87233B #3B8723 #233B87

tetradic

#87233B #6D8723 #23876F #3D2387

square

#87233B #6D8723 #23876F #3D2387

split-complementary

#87233B #23873D #236D87

monochromatic

#260A11 #561626 #87233B #B83050 #D25271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#87233B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#87233B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87233B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87233B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87233B	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#940A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87233b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.135 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06670',
    500: '#87233b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87233b;
$custom-light: #b06670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87233b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42274,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87233B

secondary

#50B69D

accent

#E2BD46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#110607

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #87233B

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

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