#AB5259#AB5259

#AB5259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.117 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5259
RGB	rgb(171, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 48%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 37.10, 13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 39.41, 19.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.1118 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.117 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6165, 15.4161, 11.2865)
Luminance	0.1541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5259 #52ABA4

analogous

#AB5286 #AB5259 #AB7852

triadic

#AB5259 #59AB52 #5259AB

tetradic

#AB5259 #86AB52 #52ABA4 #7852AB

square

#AB5259 #86AB52 #52ABA4 #7852AB

split-complementary

#AB5259 #52AB78 #5286AB

monochromatic

#582A2E #823E43 #AB5259 #C07B80 #D3A4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#AB5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#AB5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB5259

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB5259	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.117 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88587',
    500: '#ab5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5259;
$custom-light: #c88587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.281,
    "s": 35.178,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5505,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5259

secondary

#98C1BE

accent

#CBC35D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFEF

border

#D2CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5259

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

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