#AD8486#AD8486

#AD8486 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.051 H 15.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8486
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 134)
HSL	hsl(357, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 22.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 16.03, 5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 16.80, 17.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0488 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.051 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7882, 27.1093, 26.2132)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8486 #84ADAB

analogous

#AD849B #AD8486 #AD9784

triadic

#AD8486 #86AD84 #8486AD

tetradic

#AD8486 #9BAD84 #84ADAB #9784AD

square

#AD8486 #9BAD84 #84ADAB #9784AD

split-complementary

#AD8486 #84AD97 #849BAD

monochromatic

#6E494B #926264 #AD8486 #C5A9AA #DECDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AD8486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AD8486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8486

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8486	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.051 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a8a9',
    500: '#ad8486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8486;
$custom-light: #c6a8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.073,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65331,
    "c": 0.05061,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8486

secondary

#BECECE

accent

#BDB96B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#130F0F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8486

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

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