#AB2A38#AB2A38

#AB2A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.164 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB2A38
RGB	rgb(171, 42, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.90, 52.27, 23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.90, 57.48, 24.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% 0.1545 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.164 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.3384, 10.6021, 4.8214)
Luminance	0.1060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB2A38 #2AAB9D

analogous

#AB2A79 #AB2A38 #AB5C2A

triadic

#AB2A38 #38AB2A #2A38AB

tetradic

#AB2A38 #79AB2A #2AAB9D #5C2AAB

square

#AB2A38 #79AB2A #2AAB9D #5C2AAB

split-complementary

#AB2A38 #2AAB5C #2A79AB

monochromatic

#491218 #7A1E28 #AB2A38 #D14251 #DD737E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#AB2A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#AB2A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB2A38

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB2A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB2A38	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab2a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 42, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.164 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6e6e',
    500: '#ab2a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab2a38;
$custom-light: #cc6e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab2a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.488,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49363,
    "c": 0.16449,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB2A38

secondary

#6DC4BA

accent

#E4D244

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB2A38

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

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