#AD3E2A#AD3E2A

#AD3E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.149 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD3E2A
RGB	rgb(173, 62, 42)
HSL	hsl(9, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 44.27, 35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 57.01, 39.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1261 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.149 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3762, 12.4994, 3.5824)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD3E2A #2A99AD

analogous

#AD2A58 #AD3E2A #AD7F2A

triadic

#AD3E2A #2AAD3E #3E2AAD

tetradic

#AD3E2A #58AD2A #2A99AD #7F2AAD

square

#AD3E2A #58AD2A #2A99AD #7F2AAD

split-complementary

#AD3E2A #2AAD7F #2A58AD

monochromatic

#4B1B12 #7C2C1E #AD3E2A #D15943 #DD8474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#AD3E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AD3E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD3E2A

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD3E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD3E2A	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)

#5D5427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE213A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad3e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 62, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.149 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7865',
    500: '#ad3e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad3e2a;
$custom-light: #cd7865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad3e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.16,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51686,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD3E2A

secondary

#6EB8C5

accent

#CCE444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD3E2A

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

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