#AD5656#AD5656

#AD5656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.114 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5656
RGB	rgb(173, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 50.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 35.47, 16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 39.16, 25.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1063 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.114 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2426, 16.2141, 10.7606)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5656 #56ADAD

analogous

#AD5681 #AD5656 #AD8156

triadic

#AD5656 #56AD56 #5656AD

tetradic

#AD5656 #81AD56 #56ADAD #8156AD

square

#AD5656 #81AD56 #56ADAD #8156AD

split-complementary

#AD5656 #56AD81 #5681AD

monochromatic

#5C2D2D #854141 #AD5656 #C17F7F #D5A8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#AD5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#AD5656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5656

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5656	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.114 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98885',
    500: '#ad5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5656;
$custom-light: #c98885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 34.661,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55889,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5656

secondary

#9CC3C3

accent

#CBCB5D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5656

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

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