#AD2A36#AD2A36

#AD2A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.167 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD2A36
RGB	rgb(173, 42, 54)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.26, 52.78, 25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.26, 58.69, 25.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.1554 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.167 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7295, 10.8094, 4.5895)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD2A36 #2AADA1

analogous

#AD2A77 #AD2A36 #AD602A

triadic

#AD2A36 #36AD2A #2A36AD

tetradic

#AD2A36 #77AD2A #2AADA1 #602AAD

square

#AD2A36 #77AD2A #2AADA1 #602AAD

split-complementary

#AD2A36 #2AAD60 #2A77AD

monochromatic

#4B1217 #7C1E27 #AD2A36 #D14350 #DD747E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#AD2A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AD2A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD2A36

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD2A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD2A36	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad2a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 42, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.167 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6f6d',
    500: '#ad2a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad2a36;
$custom-light: #cd6f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad2a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.504,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49686,
    "c": 0.16661,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD2A36

secondary

#6EC5BD

accent

#E4D544

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD2A36

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

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