#AA3038#AA3038

#AA3038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.158 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3038
RGB	rgb(170, 48, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.49, 49.79, 24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.49, 55.53, 26.29°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% 0.1467 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.158 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3503, 10.9482, 4.8876)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3038 #30AAA2

analogous

#AA3075 #AA3038 #AA6530

triadic

#AA3038 #38AA30 #3038AA

tetradic

#AA3038 #75AA30 #30AAA2 #6530AA

square

#AA3038 #75AA30 #30AAA2 #6530AA

split-complementary

#AA3038 #30AA65 #3075AA

monochromatic

#4B1519 #7A2328 #AA3038 #CC4B53 #DA7B81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#AA3038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AA3038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3038

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3038	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 48, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.158 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb716e',
    500: '#aa3038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3038;
$custom-light: #cb716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.066,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49768,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3038

secondary

#74C2BD

accent

#DFD549

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3038

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

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