#AB4E37#AB4E37

#AB4E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.128 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4E37
RGB	rgb(171, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 36.45, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 48.27, 40.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1046 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.128 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2104, 14.3851, 5.3260)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4E37 #3794AB

analogous

#AB375A #AB4E37 #AB8837

triadic

#AB4E37 #37AB4E #4E37AB

tetradic

#AB4E37 #5AAB37 #3794AB #8837AB

square

#AB4E37 #5AAB37 #3794AB #8837AB

split-complementary

#AB4E37 #37AB88 #375AAB

monochromatic

#4E2419 #7D3928 #AB4E37 #C96D56 #D89585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#AB4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#AB4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB4E37

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB4E37	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.128 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca826e',
    500: '#ab4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4e37;
$custom-light: #ca826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.897,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53775,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4E37

secondary

#7CB4C1

accent

#BFDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4E37

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →