#AD5A53#AD5A53

#AD5A53 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.110 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5A53
RGB	rgb(173, 90, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 52%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 33.07, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 38.36, 30.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.0984 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.11 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4526, 16.8234, 10.2467)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5A53 #53A6AD

analogous

#AD5379 #AD5A53 #AD8753

triadic

#AD5A53 #53AD5A #5A53AD

tetradic

#AD5A53 #79AD53 #53A6AD #8753AD

square

#AD5A53 #79AD53 #53A6AD #8753AD

split-complementary

#AD5A53 #53AD87 #5379AD

monochromatic

#5A2F2B #84443F #AD5A53 #C1827C #D5AAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AD5A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AD5A53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5A53

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5A53	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 90, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.110 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98a83',
    500: '#ad5a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5a53;
$custom-light: #c98a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.667,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56464,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5A53

secondary

#9ABFC2

accent

#C3CB5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5A53

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

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