#87281E#87281E

#87281E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.131 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87281E
RGB	rgb(135, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 77.8%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 39.84, 29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 49.34, 36.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.1141 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.131 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9860, 6.7639, 1.9551)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87281E #1E7D87

analogous

#871E49 #87281E #875C1E

triadic

#87281E #1E8728 #281E87

tetradic

#87281E #49871E #1E7D87 #5C1E87

square

#87281E #49871E #1E7D87 #5C1E87

split-complementary

#87281E #1E875C #1E4987

monochromatic

#230A08 #551913 #87281E #B93729 #D75649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#87281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#87281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87281E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87281E	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)

#433C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950926

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.131 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1685a',
    500: '#87281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87281e;
$custom-light: #b1685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4227,
    "c": 0.13124,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87281E

secondary

#48AEB9

accent

#D7E741

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #87281E

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

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