#AA211B#AA211B

#AA211B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.174 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA211B
RGB	rgb(170, 33, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 84.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 53.62, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 66.40, 36.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1527 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.174 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3214, 9.7157, 2.0000)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA211B #1BA4AA

analogous

#AA1B5D #AA211B #AA681B

triadic

#AA211B #1BAA21 #211BAA

tetradic

#AA211B #5DAA1B #1BA4AA #681BAA

square

#AA211B #5DAA1B #1BA4AA #681BAA

split-complementary

#AA211B #1BAA68 #1B5DAA

monochromatic

#400C0A #751713 #AA211B #DC2D26 #E5605B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#AA211B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#AA211B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA211B

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA211B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA211B	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa211b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 33, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.174 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6a59',
    500: '#aa211b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa211b;
$custom-light: #cd6a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa211b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.517,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4804,
    "c": 0.17357,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA211B

secondary

#58C4C9

accent

#E8EF39

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FCECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160703

muted

#847A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA211B

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

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