#AD503C#AD503C

#AD503C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.127 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD503C
RGB	rgb(173, 80, 60)
HSL	hsl(11, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.57, 36.51, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.57, 47.13, 39.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.1055 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.127 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9197, 14.9504, 6.0582)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD503C #3C99AD

analogous

#AD3C61 #AD503C #AD883C

triadic

#AD503C #3CAD50 #503CAD

tetradic

#AD503C #61AD3C #3C99AD #883CAD

square

#AD503C #61AD3C #3C99AD #883CAD

split-complementary

#AD503C #3CAD88 #3C61AD

monochromatic

#52261C #803B2C #AD503C #C7715F #D7998C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#AD503C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#AD503C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD503C

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD503C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD503C	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad503c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 80, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.127 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8372',
    500: '#ad503c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad503c;
$custom-light: #cb8372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad503c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.619,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54457,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD503C

secondary

#83B7C2

accent

#C0D850

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD503C

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

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