#AB4A48#AB4A48

#AB4A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.128 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4A48
RGB	rgb(171, 74, 72)
HSL	hsl(1, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 57.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 39.65, 20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 44.86, 27.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.1176 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.128 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4148, 14.0258, 7.7618)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4A48 #48A9AB

analogous

#AB4878 #AB4A48 #AB7B48

triadic

#AB4A48 #48AB4A #4A48AB

tetradic

#AB4A48 #78AB48 #48A9AB #7B48AB

square

#AB4A48 #78AB48 #48A9AB #7B48AB

split-complementary

#AB4A48 #48AB7B #4878AB

monochromatic

#552524 #803736 #AB4A48 #C2706E #D49A99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#AB4A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#AB4A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB4A48

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB4A48	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 74, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.128 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9807b',
    500: '#ab4a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4a48;
$custom-light: #c9807b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.212,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53477,
    "c": 0.12826,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4A48

secondary

#8EBFC0

accent

#CED157

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4A48

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

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