#AF4540#AF4540

#AF4540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.140 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF4540
RGB	rgb(175, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, 42.97, 25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 49.92, 30.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.1261 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.14 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7347, 13.7431, 6.4103)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF4540 #40AAAF

analogous

#AF4073 #AF4540 #AF7D40

triadic

#AF4540 #40AF45 #4540AF

tetradic

#AF4540 #73AF40 #40AAAF #7D40AF

square

#AF4540 #73AF40 #40AAAF #7D40AF

split-complementary

#AF4540 #40AF7D #4073AF

monochromatic

#55221F #823330 #AF4540 #C76A65 #D79592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#AF4540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#AF4540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF4540

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF4540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF4540	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C03045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af4540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.140 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7d75',
    500: '#af4540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af4540;
$custom-light: #cd7d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af4540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.703,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53252,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF4540

secondary

#88C0C3

accent

#D0D652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF4540

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

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