#AB4938#AB4938

#AB4938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.133 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4938
RGB	rgb(171, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 39.04, 29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 49.19, 37.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% 0.1128 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.133 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8928, 13.7111, 5.3396)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4938 #389AAB

analogous

#AB3860 #AB4938 #AB8338

triadic

#AB4938 #38AB49 #4938AB

tetradic

#AB4938 #60AB38 #389AAB #8338AB

square

#AB4938 #60AB38 #389AAB #8338AB

split-complementary

#AB4938 #38AB83 #3860AB

monochromatic

#4F221A #7D3529 #AB4938 #C86958 #D79286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#AB4938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#AB4938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB4938

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB4938	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.133 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7f6f',
    500: '#ab4938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4938;
$custom-light: #ca7f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.87,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53049,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4938

secondary

#7DB7C1

accent

#C5DA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4938

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

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