#AA2E42#AA2E42

#AA2E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.159 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA2E42
RGB	rgb(170, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 51.16, 18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 54.32, 19.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% 0.1531 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.159 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5398, 10.8960, 6.2801)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA2E42 #2EAA96

analogous

#AA2E80 #AA2E42 #AA582E

triadic

#AA2E42 #42AA2E #2E42AA

tetradic

#AA2E42 #80AA2E #2EAA96 #582EAA

square

#AA2E42 #80AA2E #2EAA96 #582EAA

split-complementary

#AA2E42 #2EAA58 #2E80AA

monochromatic

#4A141D #7A212F #AA2E42 #CD485D #DA7888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#AA2E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AA2E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA2E42

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA2E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA2E42	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa2e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.159 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7076',
    500: '#aa2e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa2e42;
$custom-light: #ca7076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa2e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.323,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49761,
    "c": 0.15946,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA2E42

secondary

#71C3B5

accent

#E1C847

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA2E42

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

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