#AB4942#AB4942

#AB4942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.130 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4942
RGB	rgb(171, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 39.70, 24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 46.50, 31.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.1167 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.13 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1623, 13.8189, 6.7588)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4942 #42A4AB

analogous

#AB4270 #AB4942 #AB7E42

triadic

#AB4942 #42AB49 #4942AB

tetradic

#AB4942 #70AB42 #42A4AB #7E42AB

square

#AB4942 #70AB42 #42A4AB #7E42AB

split-complementary

#AB4942 #42AB7E #4270AB

monochromatic

#532320 #7F3631 #AB4942 #C46C66 #D59792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#AB4942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#AB4942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB4942

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB4942	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.130 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7f76',
    500: '#ab4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4942;
$custom-light: #ca7f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53217,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4942

secondary

#88BDC0

accent

#CBD454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4942

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

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