#AF5553#AF5553

#AF5553 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.118 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF5553
RGB	rgb(175, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 52.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 36.48, 18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 40.89, 26.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1089 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.118 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4907, 16.2380, 10.1318)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF5553 #53ADAF

analogous

#AF537F #AF5553 #AF8353

triadic

#AF5553 #53AF55 #5553AF

tetradic

#AF5553 #7FAF53 #53ADAF #8353AF

square

#AF5553 #7FAF53 #53ADAF #8353AF

split-complementary

#AF5553 #53AF83 #537FAF

monochromatic

#5D2C2B #86403E #AF5553 #C27E7D #D6A8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AF5553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AF5553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF5553

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF5553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF5553	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af5553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.118 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8783',
    500: '#af5553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af5553;
$custom-light: #cb8783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af5553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.304,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55953,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF5553

secondary

#9AC2C3

accent

#CACD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF5553

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

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