#AA2A23#AA2A23

#AA2A23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.166 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA2A23
RGB	rgb(170, 42, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.42, 51.01, 35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.42, 62.36, 35.11°)
OKLab	oklab(48.88% 0.1461 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(48.88% 0.166 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7110, 10.3261, 2.6504)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA2A23 #23A3AA

analogous

#AA2360 #AA2A23 #AA6D23

triadic

#AA2A23 #23AA2A #2A23AA

tetradic

#AA2A23 #60AA23 #23A3AA #6D23AA

square

#AA2A23 #60AA23 #23A3AA #6D23AA

split-complementary

#AA2A23 #23AA6D #2360AA

monochromatic

#44110E #771D19 #AA2A23 #D53D35 #E06E68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#AA2A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#AA2A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA2A23

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA2A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA2A23	1.00	6.85	3.06	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa2a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 42, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.166 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6e5f',
    500: '#aa2a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa2a23;
$custom-light: #cc6e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa2a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48878,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA2A23

secondary

#63C0C6

accent

#E0E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA2A23

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

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