#88231B#88231B

#88231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.138 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88231B
RGB	rgb(136, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 80.1%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.68, 42.11, 30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.68, 51.89, 35.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.1205 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.138 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9535, 6.5171, 1.7179)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88231B #1B8088

analogous

#881B49 #88231B #885A1B

triadic

#88231B #1B8823 #231B88

tetradic

#88231B #49881B #1B8088 #5A1B88

square

#88231B #49881B #1B8088 #5A1B88

split-complementary

#88231B #1B885A #1B4988

monochromatic

#220907 #551611 #88231B #BB3025 #DA4F44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#88231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#88231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #88231B

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##88231B	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#960022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.138 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36658',
    500: '#88231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88231b;
$custom-light: #b36658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.404,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4186,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88231B

secondary

#44B2BB

accent

#DDEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #88231B

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

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