#AA2A27#AA2A27

#AA2A27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.165 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA2A27
RGB	rgb(170, 42, 39)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.47, 51.16, 33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.47, 61.22, 33.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.93% 0.1474 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(48.93% 0.165 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7738, 10.3512, 2.9812)
Luminance	0.1035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA2A27 #27A7AA

analogous

#AA2765 #AA2A27 #AA6B27

triadic

#AA2A27 #27AA2A #2A27AA

tetradic

#AA2A27 #65AA27 #27A7AA #6B27AA

square

#AA2A27 #65AA27 #27A7AA #6B27AA

split-complementary

#AA2A27 #27AA6B #2765AA

monochromatic

#461110 #781E1C #AA2A27 #D23F3C #DE706E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#AA2A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#AA2A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA2A27

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA2A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA2A27	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa2a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 42, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.165 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6e62',
    500: '#aa2a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa2a27;
$custom-light: #cc6e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa2a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.374,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48925,
    "c": 0.16515,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA2A27

secondary

#69C2C4

accent

#E2E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA2A27

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

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