#AD494A#AD494A

#AD494A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.132 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD494A
RGB	rgb(173, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(359, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 57.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 41.04, 20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 45.68, 26.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.122 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.132 22)
XYZ	xyz(20.8539, 14.1463, 8.1096)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD494A #49ADAC

analogous

#AD497C #AD494A #AD7A49

triadic

#AD494A #4AAD49 #494AAD

tetradic

#AD494A #7CAD49 #49ADAC #7A49AD

square

#AD494A #7CAD49 #49ADAC #7A49AD

split-complementary

#AD494A #49AD7A #497CAD

monochromatic

#572525 #823738 #AD494A #C37071 #D59B9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#AD494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#AD494A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD494A

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD494A	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.132 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7f7c',
    500: '#ad494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad494a;
$custom-light: #cb7f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.4,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53683,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.14144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD494A

secondary

#90C1C1

accent

#D1CF57

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD494A

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

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