#AB4939#AB4939

#AB4939 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.132 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4939
RGB	rgb(171, 73, 57)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 66.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.83, 39.10, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.83, 48.89, 36.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.1132 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.132 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9175, 13.7210, 5.4697)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4939 #399BAB

analogous

#AB3962 #AB4939 #AB8239

triadic

#AB4939 #39AB49 #4939AB

tetradic

#AB4939 #62AB39 #399BAB #8239AB

square

#AB4939 #62AB39 #399BAB #8239AB

split-complementary

#AB4939 #39AB82 #3962AB

monochromatic

#4F221A #7D352A #AB4939 #C86959 #D79387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#AB4939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#AB4939 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB4939

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB4939	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)

#635A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 73, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.132 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7f70',
    500: '#ab4939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4939;
$custom-light: #ca7f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.421,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53064,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4939

secondary

#7FB8C1

accent

#C6DA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4939

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

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