#87272E#87272E

#87272E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.130 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87272E
RGB	rgb(135, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 65.9%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 41.12, 19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 45.40, 25.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1217 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.13 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2115, 6.8008, 3.3066)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87272E #278780

analogous

#87275E #87272E #875027

triadic

#87272E #2E8727 #272E87

tetradic

#87272E #5E8727 #278780 #502787

square

#87272E #5E8727 #278780 #502787

split-complementary

#87272E #278750 #275E87

monochromatic

#280C0E #58191E #87272E #B6353E #CF5962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#87272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#87272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87272E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87272E	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#940D2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.130 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06866',
    500: '#87272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87272e;
$custom-light: #b06866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.625,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42411,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87272E

secondary

#56B4AD

accent

#DFD449

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #87272E

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

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