#AD4C41#AD4C41

#AD4C41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.130 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4C41
RGB	rgb(173, 76, 65)
HSL	hsl(6, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 38.88, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 46.77, 33.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1138 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.13 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7740, 14.4373, 6.6927)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4C41 #41A2AD

analogous

#AD416C #AD4C41 #AD8241

triadic

#AD4C41 #41AD4C #4C41AD

tetradic

#AD4C41 #6CAD41 #41A2AD #8241AD

square

#AD4C41 #6CAD41 #41A2AD #8241AD

split-complementary

#AD4C41 #41AD82 #416CAD

monochromatic

#542520 #813830 #AD4C41 #C57066 #D69992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#AD4C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#AD4C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD4C41

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD4C41	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 76, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.130 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8176',
    500: '#ad4c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4c41;
$custom-light: #cb8176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.111,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53942,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4C41

secondary

#88BCC2

accent

#C8D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4C41

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

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