#AB5A42#AB5A42

#AB5A42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.112 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5A42
RGB	rgb(171, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 30.85, 28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 42.06, 42.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.0893 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.112 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4358, 16.3659, 7.1833)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5A42 #4293AB

analogous

#AB425F #AB5A42 #AB8F42

triadic

#AB5A42 #42AB5A #5A42AB

tetradic

#AB5A42 #5FAB42 #4293AB #8F42AB

square

#AB5A42 #5FAB42 #4293AB #8F42AB

split-complementary

#AB5A42 #42AB8F #425FAB

monochromatic

#532C20 #7F4331 #AB5A42 #C47C66 #D5A292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AB5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#AB5A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB5A42

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB5A42	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.112 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98a77',
    500: '#ab5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5a42;
$custom-light: #c98a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55862,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5A42

secondary

#88B4C0

accent

#B7D454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5A42

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

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