#AD515E#AD515E

#AD515E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.121 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD515E
RGB	rgb(173, 81, 94)
HSL	hsl(352, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(352, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 45.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 38.87, 10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 40.29, 15.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.1176 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.121 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1979, 15.5796, 12.4257)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD515E #51ADA0

analogous

#AD518C #AD515E #AD7251

triadic

#AD515E #5EAD51 #515EAD

tetradic

#AD515E #8CAD51 #51ADA0 #7251AD

square

#AD515E #8CAD51 #51ADA0 #7251AD

split-complementary

#AD515E #51AD72 #518CAD

monochromatic

#5A2A31 #833D47 #AD515E #C17A84 #D4A4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#AD515E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#AD515E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD515E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD515E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD515E	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64635E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B755C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad515e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 81, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.121 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9858b',
    500: '#ad515e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad515e;
$custom-light: #c9858b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad515e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.522,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55315,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD515E

secondary

#98C2BC

accent

#CCBC5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFF0

border

#D2CACB

text

#140B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD515E

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

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