#AB4940#AB4940

#AB4940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.131 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4940
RGB	rgb(171, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, 39.56, 25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 46.99, 32.67°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.1159 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.131 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1044, 13.7957, 6.4536)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4940 #40A2AB

analogous

#AB406C #AB4940 #AB7E40

triadic

#AB4940 #40AB49 #4940AB

tetradic

#AB4940 #6CAB40 #40A2AB #7E40AB

square

#AB4940 #6CAB40 #40A2AB #7E40AB

split-complementary

#AB4940 #40AB7E #406CAB

monochromatic

#52231F #7E362F #AB4940 #C56C63 #D59690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#AB4940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#AB4940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB4940

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB4940	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.131 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7f75',
    500: '#ab4940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4940;
$custom-light: #ca7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.047,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53181,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4940

secondary

#86BCC1

accent

#CAD553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4940

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

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