#AD4A42#AD4A42

#AD4A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.132 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4A42
RGB	rgb(173, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 39.95, 24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 47.09, 31.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.1173 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.132 27)
XYZ	xyz(20.6676, 14.1777, 6.8014)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4A42 #42A5AD

analogous

#AD4270 #AD4A42 #AD8042

triadic

#AD4A42 #42AD4A #4A42AD

tetradic

#AD4A42 #70AD42 #42A5AD #8042AD

square

#AD4A42 #70AD42 #42A5AD #8042AD

split-complementary

#AD4A42 #42AD80 #4270AD

monochromatic

#542420 #813731 #AD4A42 #C56E67 #D69893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#AD4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#AD4A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD4A42

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD4A42	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)

#635C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.132 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8076',
    500: '#ad4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4a42;
$custom-light: #cb8076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.486,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5367,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.14175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4A42

secondary

#89BDC1

accent

#CBD453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4A42

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

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