#88281B#88281B

#88281B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.133 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88281B
RGB	rgb(136, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 80.1%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 40.07, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 50.72, 37.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1141 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.133 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1112, 6.8326, 1.7705)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88281B #1B7B88

analogous

#881B45 #88281B #885F1B

triadic

#88281B #1B8828 #281B88

tetradic

#88281B #45881B #1B7B88 #5F1B88

square

#88281B #45881B #1B7B88 #5F1B88

split-complementary

#88281B #1B885F #1B4588

monochromatic

#220A07 #551911 #88281B #BB3725 #DA5644

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#88281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#88281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #88281B

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##88281B	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#960726

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.133 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26858',
    500: '#88281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88281b;
$custom-light: #b26858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.156,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42415,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88281B

secondary

#44ADBB

accent

#D5EA3E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #88281B

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

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