#AB5557#AB5557

#AB5557 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.113 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5557
RGB	rgb(171, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 49.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 35.33, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 38.50, 23.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1061 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.113 20)
XYZ	xyz(21.7649, 15.8453, 10.9272)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5557 #55ABA9

analogous

#AB5582 #AB5557 #AB7E55

triadic

#AB5557 #57AB55 #5557AB

tetradic

#AB5557 #82AB55 #55ABA9 #7E55AB

square

#AB5557 #82AB55 #55ABA9 #7E55AB

split-complementary

#AB5557 #55AB7E #5582AB

monochromatic

#592C2D #824042 #AB5557 #BF7E7F #D3A7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#AB5557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AB5557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB5557

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB5557	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.113 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88786',
    500: '#ab5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5557;
$custom-light: #c88786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.605,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55469,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.15843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5557

secondary

#9BC1C0

accent

#CAC75E

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5557

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

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