#AD5140#AD5140

#AD5140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.124 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5140
RGB	rgb(173, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 36.27, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 45.69, 37.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1054 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.124 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1033, 15.1418, 6.6608)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5140 #409CAD

analogous

#AD4066 #AD5140 #AD8840

triadic

#AD5140 #40AD51 #5140AD

tetradic

#AD5140 #66AD40 #409CAD #8840AD

square

#AD5140 #66AD40 #409CAD #8840AD

split-complementary

#AD5140 #40AD88 #4066AD

monochromatic

#54271F #803C2F #AD5140 #C67464 #D69C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#AD5140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#AD5140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5140

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5140	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.124 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8475',
    500: '#ad5140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5140;
$custom-light: #cb8475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.358,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54675,
    "c": 0.1244,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5140

secondary

#87B8C2

accent

#C1D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5140

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

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