#AD3C42#AD3C42

#AD3C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.148 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD3C42
RGB	rgb(173, 60, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, 46.49, 21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 51.34, 25.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.1379 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.148 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8347, 12.5120, 6.5238)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD3C42 #3CADA7

analogous

#AD3C7A #AD3C42 #AD6E3C

triadic

#AD3C42 #42AD3C #3C42AD

tetradic

#AD3C42 #7AAD3C #3CADA7 #6E3CAD

square

#AD3C42 #7AAD3C #3CADA7 #6E3CAD

split-complementary

#AD3C42 #3CAD6E #3C7AAD

monochromatic

#521C1F #802C31 #AD3C42 #C75F64 #D78C90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#AD3C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AD3C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD3C42

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD3C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD3C42	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)

#595441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD243F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad3c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 60, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.148 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7876',
    500: '#ad3c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad3c42;
$custom-light: #cc7876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad3c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.814,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51813,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD3C42

secondary

#83C2BE

accent

#D8D150

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD3C42

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

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