#AD5A52#AD5A52

#AD5A52 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.110 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5A52
RGB	rgb(173, 90, 82)
HSL	hsl(5, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 52.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 32.97, 20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 38.57, 31.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.098 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.11 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4143, 16.8081, 10.0449)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5A52 #52A5AD

analogous

#AD5277 #AD5A52 #AD8852

triadic

#AD5A52 #52AD5A #5A52AD

tetradic

#AD5A52 #77AD52 #52A5AD #8852AD

square

#AD5A52 #77AD52 #52A5AD #8852AD

split-complementary

#AD5A52 #52AD88 #5277AD

monochromatic

#5A2F2B #83443E #AD5A52 #C1827C #D4A9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#AD5A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AD5A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5A52

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5A52	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 90, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.110 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98a82',
    500: '#ad5a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5a52;
$custom-light: #c98a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.275,
    "s": 35.686,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56443,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5A52

secondary

#99BEC2

accent

#C2CC5C

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5A52

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

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