#AB3840#AB3840

#AB3840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.150 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB3840
RGB	rgb(171, 56, 64)
HSL	hsl(356, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.99, 47.40, 21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.99, 52.09, 24.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% 0.1406 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.15 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1361, 11.8591, 6.1309)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB3840 #38ABA3

analogous

#AB387A #AB3840 #AB6A38

triadic

#AB3840 #40AB38 #3840AB

tetradic

#AB3840 #7AAB38 #38ABA3 #6A38AB

square

#AB3840 #7AAB38 #38ABA3 #6A38AB

split-complementary

#AB3840 #38AB6A #387AAB

monochromatic

#4F1A1D #7D292F #AB3840 #C85860 #D7868C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#AB3840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#AB3840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB3840

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB3840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB3840	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56513F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB1D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab3840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 56, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.150 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7574',
    500: '#ab3840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab3840;
$custom-light: #ca7574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab3840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.826,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50965,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB3840

secondary

#7DC1BD

accent

#DAD04E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB3840

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

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