#98231B#98231B

#98231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.154 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#98231B
RGB	rgb(152, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 82.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.90, 47.40, 34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.90, 58.70, 36.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.1352 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.154 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7494, 7.9588, 1.8489)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#98231B #1B9098

analogous

#981B51 #98231B #98611B

triadic

#98231B #1B9823 #231B98

tetradic

#98231B #51981B #1B9098 #611B98

square

#98231B #51981B #1B9098 #611B98

split-complementary

#98231B #1B9861 #1B5198

monochromatic

#300B09 #641712 #98231B #CC2F24 #E0574E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#98231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#98231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #98231B

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##98231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##98231B	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A80023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #98231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.154 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6858',
    500: '#98231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #98231b;
$custom-light: #bf6858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#98231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.84,
    "s": 69.832,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44838,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#98231B

secondary

#4DBAC2

accent

#E1ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #98231B

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

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