#87242A#87242A

#87242A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.134 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87242A
RGB	rgb(135, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 68.9%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.83, 42.10, 21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.83, 47.12, 26.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.1239 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.134 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0416, 6.5814, 2.8790)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87242A #248781

analogous

#87245B #87242A #874F24

triadic

#87242A #2A8724 #242A87

tetradic

#87242A #5B8724 #248781 #4F2487

square

#87242A #5B8724 #248781 #4F2487

split-complementary

#87242A #24874F #245B87

monochromatic

#260A0C #57171B #87242A #B73139 #D1545C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#87242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#87242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87242A

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87242A	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.134 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16663',
    500: '#87242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87242a;
$custom-light: #b16663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42005,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87242A

secondary

#51B5AF

accent

#E1D847

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #87242A

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

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