#AB5559#AB5559

#AB5559 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.113 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5559
RGB	rgb(171, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 48%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 35.53, 14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 38.24, 21.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.1069 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.113 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8477, 15.8785, 11.3635)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5559 #55ABA7

analogous

#AB5584 #AB5559 #AB7C55

triadic

#AB5559 #59AB55 #5559AB

tetradic

#AB5559 #84AB55 #55ABA7 #7C55AB

square

#AB5559 #84AB55 #55ABA7 #7C55AB

split-complementary

#AB5559 #55AB7C #5584AB

monochromatic

#592C2E #824043 #AB5559 #BF7E81 #D3A7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#AB5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#AB5559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB5559

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB5559	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.113 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88787',
    500: '#ab5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5559;
$custom-light: #c88787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.209,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55516,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5559

secondary

#9BC1BF

accent

#CAC55E

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5559

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

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