#AD3C43#AD3C43

#AD3C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.147 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD3C43
RGB	rgb(173, 60, 67)
HSL	hsl(356, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 61.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, 46.56, 21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 51.15, 24.46°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.1383 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.147 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8645, 12.5239, 6.6804)
Luminance	0.1252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD3C43 #3CADA6

analogous

#AD3C7B #AD3C43 #AD6D3C

triadic

#AD3C43 #43AD3C #3C43AD

tetradic

#AD3C43 #7BAD3C #3CADA6 #6D3CAD

square

#AD3C43 #7BAD3C #3CADA6 #6D3CAD

split-complementary

#AD3C43 #3CAD6D #3C7BAD

monochromatic

#521C20 #802C31 #AD3C43 #C75F65 #D78C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#AD3C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AD3C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD3C43

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD3C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD3C43	1.00	5.99	3.50	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD243F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad3c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 60, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.147 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7877',
    500: '#ad3c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad3c43;
$custom-light: #cc7877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad3c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.283,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51832,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD3C43

secondary

#83C2BE

accent

#D8D050

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD3C43

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

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