#AD5E53#AD5E53

#AD5E53 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.105 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5E53
RGB	rgb(173, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(7, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 52%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 30.91, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 37.14, 33.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.0918 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.105 29)
XYZ	xyz(22.7992, 17.5165, 10.3623)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5E53 #53A2AD

analogous

#AD5375 #AD5E53 #AD8B53

triadic

#AD5E53 #53AD5E #5E53AD

tetradic

#AD5E53 #75AD53 #53A2AD #8B53AD

square

#AD5E53 #75AD53 #53A2AD #8B53AD

split-complementary

#AD5E53 #53AD8B #5375AD

monochromatic

#5A312B #84473F #AD5E53 #C1857C #D5ACA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#AD5E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#AD5E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5E53

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5E53	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC525B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.105 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98d83',
    500: '#ad5e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5e53;
$custom-light: #c98d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.333,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57125,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.17514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5E53

secondary

#9ABDC2

accent

#BECB5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5E53

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

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