#87242E#87242E

#87242E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.133 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87242E
RGB	rgb(135, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 65.9%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 42.34, 18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 46.28, 23.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.1256 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.133 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1168, 6.6115, 3.2750)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87242E #24877D

analogous

#87245F #87242E #874B24

triadic

#87242E #2E8724 #242E87

tetradic

#87242E #5F8724 #24877D #4B2487

square

#87242E #5F8724 #24877D #4B2487

split-complementary

#87242E #24874B #245F87

monochromatic

#260A0D #57171E #87242E #B7313E #D15461

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#87242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#87242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87242E

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87242E	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58502B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#940528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.133 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06666',
    500: '#87242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87242e;
$custom-light: #b06666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.939,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42081,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87242E

secondary

#51B5AB

accent

#E1D247

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #87242E

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

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