#87281C#87281C

#87281C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.132 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87281C
RGB	rgb(135, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 79.3%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 39.75, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 49.96, 37.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.1134 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.132 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9613, 6.7540, 1.8249)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87281C #1C7B87

analogous

#871C46 #87281C #875E1C

triadic

#87281C #1C8728 #281C87

tetradic

#87281C #46871C #1C7B87 #5E1C87

square

#87281C #46871C #1C7B87 #5E1C87

split-complementary

#87281C #1C875E #1C4687

monochromatic

#220A07 #541911 #87281C #BA3727 #D85645

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#87281C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#87281C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87281C

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87281C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87281C	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950826

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.132 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26859',
    500: '#87281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87281c;
$custom-light: #b26859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.729,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42245,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87281C

secondary

#45ADBA

accent

#D6E93F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #87281C

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

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