#87242C#87242C

#87242C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.133 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87242C
RGB	rgb(135, 36, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 67.4%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.87, 42.22, 19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.87, 46.68, 25.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.1248 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.133 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0783, 6.5961, 3.0722)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87242C #24877F

analogous

#87245D #87242C #874D24

triadic

#87242C #2C8724 #242C87

tetradic

#87242C #5D8724 #24877F #4D2487

square

#87242C #5D8724 #24877F #4D2487

split-complementary

#87242C #24874D #245D87

monochromatic

#260A0D #57171C #87242C #B7313C #D1545E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#87242C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#87242C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87242C

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87242C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87242C	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#940428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87242c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 36, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.133 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16665',
    500: '#87242c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87242c;
$custom-light: #b16665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87242c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.152,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42042,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87242C

secondary

#51B5AD

accent

#E1D547

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #87242C

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

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