#AD492A#AD492A

#AD492A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.139 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD492A
RGB	rgb(173, 73, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 39.07, 38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 54.52, 44.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.11 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.139 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0361, 13.8192, 3.8023)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD492A #2A8EAD

analogous

#AD2A4D #AD492A #AD8A2A

triadic

#AD492A #2AAD49 #492AAD

tetradic

#AD492A #4DAD2A #2A8EAD #8A2AAD

square

#AD492A #4DAD2A #2A8EAD #8A2AAD

split-complementary

#AD492A #2AAD8A #2A4DAD

monochromatic

#4B1F12 #7C341E #AD492A #D16543 #DD8D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#AD492A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#AD492A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD492A

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD492A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD492A	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad492a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 73, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.139 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7f65',
    500: '#ad492a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad492a;
$custom-light: #cd7f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad492a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.198,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53176,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD492A

secondary

#6EB0C5

accent

#BEE444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD492A

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

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