#87281B#87281B

#87281B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.132 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87281B
RGB	rgb(135, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 80%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 39.72, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 50.28, 37.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.1131 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.132 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9495, 6.7492, 1.7629)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87281B #1B7A87

analogous

#871B44 #87281B #875E1B

triadic

#87281B #1B8728 #281B87

tetradic

#87281B #44871B #1B7A87 #5E1B87

square

#87281B #44871B #1B7A87 #5E1B87

split-complementary

#87281B #1B875E #1B4487

monochromatic

#210A07 #541911 #87281B #BA3725 #D95543

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#87281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#87281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87281B

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87281B	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950826

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.132 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26858',
    500: '#87281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87281b;
$custom-light: #b26858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.222,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42234,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87281B

secondary

#44ACBA

accent

#D5EA3E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #87281B

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

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