#AA2E23#AA2E23

#AA2E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.162 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA2E23
RGB	rgb(170, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.94, 49.58, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.94, 61.50, 36.29°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.1416 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.162 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8600, 10.6241, 2.7000)
Luminance	0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA2E23 #239FAA

analogous

#AA235B #AA2E23 #AA7223

triadic

#AA2E23 #23AA2E #2E23AA

tetradic

#AA2E23 #5BAA23 #239FAA #7223AA

square

#AA2E23 #5BAA23 #239FAA #7223AA

split-complementary

#AA2E23 #23AA72 #235BAA

monochromatic

#44130E #772019 #AA2E23 #D54235 #E07168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#AA2E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#AA2E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA2E23

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA2E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA2E23	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa2e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.162 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc705f',
    500: '#aa2e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa2e23;
$custom-light: #cc705f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa2e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49265,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA2E23

secondary

#63BEC6

accent

#DBE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA2E23

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

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