#87252B#87252B

#87252B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.132 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87252B
RGB	rgb(135, 37, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 68.1%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 41.76, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 46.62, 26.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.1231 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.132 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0905, 6.6501, 2.9846)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87252B #258781

analogous

#87255C #87252B #875025

triadic

#87252B #2B8725 #252B87

tetradic

#87252B #5C8725 #258781 #502587

square

#87252B #5C8725 #258781 #502587

split-complementary

#87252B #258750 #255C87

monochromatic

#270B0C #57181C #87252B #B7323A #D1565D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#87252B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#87252B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87252B

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87252B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87252B	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950628

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87252b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 37, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.132 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16764',
    500: '#87252b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87252b;
$custom-light: #b16764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87252b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.327,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42131,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87252B

secondary

#53B5AF

accent

#E0D748

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #87252B

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

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