#AA2C45#AA2C45

#AA2C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.162 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA2C45
RGB	rgb(170, 44, 69)
HSL	hsl(348, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 59.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.21, 52.09, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.21, 54.52, 17.17°)
OKLab	oklab(49.63% 0.1566 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(49.63% 0.162 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5543, 10.7797, 6.7328)
Luminance	0.1078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA2C45 #2CAA91

analogous

#AA2C84 #AA2C45 #AA522C

triadic

#AA2C45 #45AA2C #2C45AA

tetradic

#AA2C45 #84AA2C #2CAA91 #522CAA

square

#AA2C45 #84AA2C #2CAA91 #522CAA

split-complementary

#AA2C45 #2CAA52 #2C84AA

monochromatic

#49131E #791F31 #AA2C45 #CF4460 #DB7589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#AA2C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AA2C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA2C45

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA2C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA2C45	1.00	6.66	3.16	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa2c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 44, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.162 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7078',
    500: '#aa2c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa2c45;
$custom-light: #ca7078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa2c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.095,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49634,
    "c": 0.16159,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA2C45

secondary

#6FC3B2

accent

#E2C346

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA2C45

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

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