#AD858E#AD858E

#AD858E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.050 H 3.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD858E
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 142)
HSL	hsl(347, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(347, 23%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 17.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 16.73, 1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 16.77, 3.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0504 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.05 3.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5037, 27.6135, 29.3091)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD858E #85ADA4

analogous

#AD85A2 #AD858E #AD9085

triadic

#AD858E #8EAD85 #858EAD

tetradic

#AD858E #A2AD85 #85ADA4 #9085AD

square

#AD858E #A2AD85 #85ADA4 #9085AD

split-complementary

#AD858E #85AD90 #85A2AD

monochromatic

#6E4A52 #92626D #AD858E #C6AAB0 #DECED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AD858E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AD858E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD858E

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD858E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD858E	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93928D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad858e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.050 3.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a8af',
    500: '#ad858e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad858e;
$custom-light: #c6a8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad858e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.5,
    "s": 19.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65759,
    "c": 0.05045,
    "h": 3.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD858E

secondary

#BFCFCB

accent

#BCAA6C

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#130F10

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD858E

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

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