#AB3527#AB3527

#AB3527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.156 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB3527
RGB	rgb(171, 53, 39)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 77.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, 47.32, 35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 59.17, 36.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% 0.1352 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.156 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4360, 11.3534, 3.1397)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB3527 #279DAB

analogous

#AB275B #AB3527 #AB7727

triadic

#AB3527 #27AB35 #3527AB

tetradic

#AB3527 #5BAB27 #279DAB #7727AB

square

#AB3527 #5BAB27 #279DAB #7727AB

split-complementary

#AB3527 #27AB77 #275BAB

monochromatic

#471610 #79261C #AB3527 #D34C3D #DE7A6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#AB3527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#AB3527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB3527

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB3527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB3527	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC0D33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab3527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 53, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.156 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7362',
    500: '#ab3527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab3527;
$custom-light: #cc7362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab3527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.364,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50233,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB3527

secondary

#69BBC5

accent

#D5E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB3527

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

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