#AD8080#AD8080

#AD8080 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.056 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8080
RGB	rgb(173, 128, 128)
HSL	hsl(0, 22%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 26%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 26%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 17.38, 6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 18.67, 21.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.053 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.056 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8495, 25.8826, 23.8941)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8080 #80ADAD

analogous

#AD8097 #AD8080 #AD9780

triadic

#AD8080 #80AD80 #8080AD

tetradic

#AD8080 #97AD80 #80ADAD #9780AD

square

#AD8080 #97AD80 #80ADAD #9780AD

split-complementary

#AD8080 #80AD97 #8097AD

monochromatic

#6D4646 #925E5E #AD8080 #C5A5A5 #DDCACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AD8080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AD8080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8080

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8080	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938E7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 128, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.056 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a5a4',
    500: '#ad8080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8080;
$custom-light: #c6a5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 21.531,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6439,
    "c": 0.05597,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8080

secondary

#BCCDCD

accent

#BEBE6A

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#130F0F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8080

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

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