#AA231E#AA231E

#AA231E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.172 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA231E
RGB	rgb(170, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 82.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 53.12, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 65.18, 35.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.22% 0.1517 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(48.22% 0.172 28)
XYZ	xyz(17.4151, 9.8447, 2.2113)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA231E #1EA5AA

analogous

#AA1E5F #AA231E #AA691E

triadic

#AA231E #1EAA23 #231EAA

tetradic

#AA231E #5FAA1E #1EA5AA #691EAA

square

#AA231E #5FAA1E #1EA5AA #691EAA

split-complementary

#AA231E #1EAA69 #1E5FAA

monochromatic

#420E0C #761815 #AA231E #DA322C #E36460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#AA231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#AA231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA231E

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA231E	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E461C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.172 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6b5b',
    500: '#aa231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa231e;
$custom-light: #cd6b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48223,
    "c": 0.1718,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.09842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA231E

secondary

#5CC4C7

accent

#E6ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA231E

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

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