#AA2829#AA2829

#AA2829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.167 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA2829
RGB	rgb(170, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(360, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(360, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.25, 51.92, 32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.25, 61.10, 31.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.77% 0.1502 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(48.77% 0.167 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7387, 10.2265, 3.1373)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA2829 #28AAA9

analogous

#AA286A #AA2829 #AA6828

triadic

#AA2829 #29AA28 #2829AA

tetradic

#AA2829 #6AAA28 #28AAA9 #6828AA

square

#AA2829 #6AAA28 #28AAA9 #6828AA

split-complementary

#AA2829 #28AA68 #286AAA

monochromatic

#471111 #781C1D #AA2829 #D23E3F #DD6F70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#AA2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#AA2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA2829

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA2829	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.167 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6d63',
    500: '#aa2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa2829;
$custom-light: #cc6d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.538,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48769,
    "c": 0.16657,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA2829

secondary

#6AC4C3

accent

#E5E443

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA2829

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

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