#AA221E#AA221E

#AA221E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.173 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA221E
RGB	rgb(170, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 82.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, 53.41, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 65.37, 35.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1526 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.173 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3861, 9.7867, 2.2016)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA221E #1EA6AA

analogous

#AA1E60 #AA221E #AA681E

triadic

#AA221E #1EAA22 #221EAA

tetradic

#AA221E #60AA1E #1EA6AA #681EAA

square

#AA221E #60AA1E #1EA6AA #681EAA

split-complementary

#AA221E #1EAA68 #1E60AA

monochromatic

#420D0C #761815 #AA221E #DA302C #E36360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#AA221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#AA221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA221E

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA221E	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E451C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.173 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6b5b',
    500: '#aa221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa221e;
$custom-light: #cd6b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48145,
    "c": 0.17251,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA221E

secondary

#5CC4C7

accent

#E8ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA221E

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

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