#AB3936#AB3936

#AB3936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.150 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB3936
RGB	rgb(171, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 46.36, 27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 54.00, 30.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.1353 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.15 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9255, 11.8532, 4.7807)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB3936 #36A8AB

analogous

#AB366E #AB3936 #AB7436

triadic

#AB3936 #36AB39 #3936AB

tetradic

#AB3936 #6EAB36 #36A8AB #7436AB

square

#AB3936 #6EAB36 #36A8AB #7436AB

split-complementary

#AB3936 #36AB74 #366EAB

monochromatic

#4E1A19 #7C2927 #AB3936 #C95855 #D88683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#AB3936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#AB3936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB3936

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB3936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB3936	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)

#585135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC1C39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab3936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.150 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb766d',
    500: '#ab3936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab3936;
$custom-light: #cb766d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab3936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.538,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50905,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB3936

secondary

#7BC0C2

accent

#D8DB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB3936

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

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