#AA2A28#AA2A28

#AA2A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.165 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA2A28
RGB	rgb(170, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.48, 51.20, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.48, 60.94, 32.85°)
OKLab	oklab(48.94% 0.1477 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(48.94% 0.165 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7906, 10.3579, 3.0696)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA2A28 #28A8AA

analogous

#AA2867 #AA2A28 #AA6B28

triadic

#AA2A28 #28AA2A #2A28AA

tetradic

#AA2A28 #67AA28 #28A8AA #6B28AA

square

#AA2A28 #67AA28 #28A8AA #6B28AA

split-complementary

#AA2A28 #28AA6B #2867AA

monochromatic

#471211 #781E1C #AA2A28 #D2403E #DD716F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#AA2A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#AA2A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA2A28

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA2A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA2A28	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)

#504926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa2a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.165 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6e62',
    500: '#aa2a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa2a28;
$custom-light: #cc6e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa2a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.923,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48938,
    "c": 0.16502,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA2A28

secondary

#6AC3C4

accent

#E2E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA2A28

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

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