#AD3853#AD3853

#AD3853 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.153 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD3853
RGB	rgb(173, 56, 83)
HSL	hsl(346, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(346, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 52%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.75, 49.51, 10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.75, 50.69, 12.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.1501 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.153 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2108, 12.3398, 9.4995)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD3853 #38AD92

analogous

#AD388D #AD3853 #AD5838

triadic

#AD3853 #53AD38 #3853AD

tetradic

#AD3853 #8DAD38 #38AD92 #5838AD

square

#AD3853 #8DAD38 #38AD92 #5838AD

split-complementary

#AD3853 #38AD58 #388DAD

monochromatic

#511A27 #7F293D #AD3853 #C95973 #D8879A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#AD3853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#AD3853 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD3853

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD3853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD3853	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad3853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 56, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.153 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7683',
    500: '#ad3853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad3853;
$custom-light: #cb7683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad3853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5173,
    "c": 0.15264,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD3853

secondary

#7FC2B3

accent

#DBBA4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDEE

border

#D3C8C9

text

#14090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD3853

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

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