#AB4840#AB4840

#AB4840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.132 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4840
RGB	rgb(171, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, 40.05, 25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 47.28, 32.10°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.1174 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.132 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0392, 13.6654, 6.4319)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4840 #40A3AB

analogous

#AB406D #AB4840 #AB7D40

triadic

#AB4840 #40AB48 #4840AB

tetradic

#AB4840 #6DAB40 #40A3AB #7D40AB

square

#AB4840 #6DAB40 #40A3AB #7D40AB

split-complementary

#AB4840 #40AB7D #406DAB

monochromatic

#52221F #7E352F #AB4840 #C56B63 #D59590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#AB4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#AB4840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB4840

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB4840	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.132 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7e75',
    500: '#ab4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4840;
$custom-light: #ca7e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.486,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53038,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4840

secondary

#86BCC1

accent

#CBD553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4840

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

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