#AD2A42#AD2A42

#AD2A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.166 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD2A42
RGB	rgb(173, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 53.49, 18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 56.58, 19.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% 0.1602 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.166 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0469, 10.9363, 6.2612)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD2A42 #2AAD95

analogous

#AD2A83 #AD2A42 #AD542A

triadic

#AD2A42 #42AD2A #2A42AD

tetradic

#AD2A42 #83AD2A #2AAD95 #542AAD

square

#AD2A42 #83AD2A #2AAD95 #542AAD

split-complementary

#AD2A42 #2AAD54 #2A83AD

monochromatic

#4B121C #7C1E2F #AD2A42 #D1435D #DD7487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#AD2A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AD2A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD2A42

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD2A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD2A42	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad2a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.166 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6f76',
    500: '#ad2a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad2a42;
$custom-light: #cc6f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad2a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.008,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49916,
    "c": 0.16636,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD2A42

secondary

#6EC5B5

accent

#E4C744

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD2A42

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

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