#AD2E23#AD2E23

#AD2E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.165 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD2E23
RGB	rgb(173, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.52, 50.55, 37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.52, 62.75, 36.33°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% 0.1443 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.165 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5161, 10.9624, 2.7308)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD2E23 #23A2AD

analogous

#AD235D #AD2E23 #AD7323

triadic

#AD2E23 #23AD2E #2E23AD

tetradic

#AD2E23 #5DAD23 #23A2AD #7323AD

square

#AD2E23 #5DAD23 #23A2AD #7323AD

split-complementary

#AD2E23 #23AD73 #235DAD

monochromatic

#47130E #7A2019 #AD2E23 #D64337 #E1736A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#AD2E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AD2E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD2E23

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD2E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD2E23	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad2e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.165 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce705f',
    500: '#ad2e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad2e23;
$custom-light: #ce705f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad2e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.783,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49801,
    "c": 0.16538,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD2E23

secondary

#65BFC7

accent

#DCE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD2E23

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

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