#AA2A22#AA2A22

#AA2A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.166 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA2A22
RGB	rgb(170, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 80%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.41, 50.98, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.41, 62.65, 35.54°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% 0.1458 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.166 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6964, 10.3202, 2.5733)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA2A22 #22A2AA

analogous

#AA225E #AA2A22 #AA6E22

triadic

#AA2A22 #22AA2A #2A22AA

tetradic

#AA2A22 #5EAA22 #22A2AA #6E22AA

square

#AA2A22 #5EAA22 #22A2AA #6E22AA

split-complementary

#AA2A22 #22AA6E #225EAA

monochromatic

#44110E #771D18 #AA2A22 #D63D33 #E06D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#AA2A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#AA2A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA2A22

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA2A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA2A22	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa2a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.166 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6e5e',
    500: '#aa2a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa2a22;
$custom-light: #cc6e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa2a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48867,
    "c": 0.16585,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA2A22

secondary

#62C0C6

accent

#E0EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA2A22

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

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