#AA272D#AA272D

#AA272D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.167 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA272D
RGB	rgb(170, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 73.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.18, 52.42, 29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.18, 60.27, 29.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.74% 0.1527 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(48.74% 0.167 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7788, 10.1893, 3.5127)
Luminance	0.1019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA272D #27AAA4

analogous

#AA276E #AA272D #AA6227

triadic

#AA272D #2DAA27 #272DAA

tetradic

#AA272D #6EAA27 #27AAA4 #6227AA

square

#AA272D #6EAA27 #27AAA4 #6227AA

split-complementary

#AA272D #27AA62 #276EAA

monochromatic

#461013 #781C20 #AA272D #D23C43 #DE6E73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#AA272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#AA272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA272D

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA272D	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F482C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.167 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6d66',
    500: '#aa272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa272d;
$custom-light: #cc6d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.252,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48737,
    "c": 0.16695,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA272D

secondary

#69C4C0

accent

#E6DE42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA272D

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

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