#87251B#87251B

#87251B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.135 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87251B
RGB	rgb(135, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 80%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 40.97, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 50.99, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.89% 0.117 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(41.89% 0.135 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8523, 6.5548, 1.7305)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87251B #1B7D87

analogous

#871B47 #87251B #875B1B

triadic

#87251B #1B8725 #251B87

tetradic

#87251B #47871B #1B7D87 #5B1B87

square

#87251B #47871B #1B7D87 #5B1B87

split-complementary

#87251B #1B875B #1B4787

monochromatic

#210907 #541711 #87251B #BA3325 #D95143

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#87251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#87251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87251B

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87251B	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)

#423B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.135 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26658',
    500: '#87251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87251b;
$custom-light: #b26658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.556,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41891,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87251B

secondary

#44AFBA

accent

#DAEA3E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #87251B

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

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