#AD5559#AD5559

#AD5559 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.115 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5559
RGB	rgb(173, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 48.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 36.29, 14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 39.11, 21.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% 0.1091 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.115 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2868, 16.1049, 11.3841)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5559 #55ADA9

analogous

#AD5585 #AD5559 #AD7D55

triadic

#AD5559 #59AD55 #5559AD

tetradic

#AD5559 #85AD55 #55ADA9 #7D55AD

square

#AD5559 #85AD55 #55ADA9 #7D55AD

split-complementary

#AD5559 #55AD7D #5585AD

monochromatic

#5B2C2E #854043 #AD5559 #C17E81 #D5A8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AD5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AD5559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5559

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5559	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.115 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98787',
    500: '#ad5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5559;
$custom-light: #c98787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55802,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5559

secondary

#9BC2C1

accent

#CBC65D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5559

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

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