#AD3C41#AD3C41

#AD3C41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.148 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD3C41
RGB	rgb(173, 60, 65)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 46.43, 22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 51.53, 25.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.1375 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.148 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8055, 12.5003, 6.3699)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD3C41 #3CADA8

analogous

#AD3C79 #AD3C41 #AD6F3C

triadic

#AD3C41 #41AD3C #3C41AD

tetradic

#AD3C41 #79AD3C #3CADA8 #6F3CAD

square

#AD3C41 #79AD3C #3CADA8 #6F3CAD

split-complementary

#AD3C41 #3CAD6F #3C79AD

monochromatic

#521C1F #802C30 #AD3C41 #C75F63 #D78C90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#AD3C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AD3C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD3C41

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD3C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD3C41	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD233F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad3c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 60, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.148 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7875',
    500: '#ad3c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad3c41;
$custom-light: #cc7875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad3c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.345,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51793,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD3C41

secondary

#83C2BF

accent

#D8D250

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD3C41

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

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