#87272A#87272A

#87272A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.130 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87272A
RGB	rgb(135, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 68.9%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.28, 40.88, 21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.28, 46.29, 27.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.1201 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.13 23)
XYZ	xyz(11.1363, 6.7707, 2.9105)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87272A #278784

analogous

#87275A #87272A #875427

triadic

#87272A #2A8727 #272A87

tetradic

#87272A #5A8727 #278784 #542787

square

#87272A #5A8727 #278784 #542787

split-complementary

#87272A #278754 #275A87

monochromatic

#280C0C #58191B #87272A #B63539 #CF595D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#87272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#87272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87272A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87272A	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950B29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.130 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16863',
    500: '#87272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87272a;
$custom-light: #b16863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.125,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42337,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.06769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87272A

secondary

#56B4B1

accent

#DFDA49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #87272A

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

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