#87271B#87271B

#87271B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.133 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87271B
RGB	rgb(135, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 80%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 40.14, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 50.52, 37.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1144 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.133 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9163, 6.6827, 1.7518)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87271B #1B7B87

analogous

#871B45 #87271B #875D1B

triadic

#87271B #1B8727 #271B87

tetradic

#87271B #45871B #1B7B87 #5D1B87

square

#87271B #45871B #1B7B87 #5D1B87

split-complementary

#87271B #1B875D #1B4587

monochromatic

#210A07 #541811 #87271B #BA3625 #D95443

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#87271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#87271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87271B

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87271B	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950525

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.133 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26758',
    500: '#87271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87271b;
$custom-light: #b26758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42117,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87271B

secondary

#44ADBA

accent

#D7EA3E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #87271B

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

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