#AD5451#AD5451

#AD5451 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.117 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5451
RGB	rgb(173, 84, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 53.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 36.06, 18.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 40.71, 27.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1075 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.117 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8907, 15.8214, 9.6840)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5451 #51AAAD

analogous

#AD517C #AD5451 #AD8251

triadic

#AD5451 #51AD54 #5451AD

tetradic

#AD5451 #7CAD51 #51AAAD #8251AD

square

#AD5451 #7CAD51 #51AAAD #8251AD

split-complementary

#AD5451 #51AD82 #517CAD

monochromatic

#5A2C2A #83403D #AD5451 #C17D7A #D4A6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#AD5451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#AD5451 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5451

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5451	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F764F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 84, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.117 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8681',
    500: '#ad5451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5451;
$custom-light: #ca8681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.957,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55465,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5451

secondary

#98C0C2

accent

#C9CC5C

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFEE

border

#D2CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5451

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

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