#AA3040#AA3040

#AA3040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.157 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3040
RGB	rgb(170, 48, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.64, 50.28, 19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.64, 54.04, 21.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% 0.1499 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.157 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5618, 11.0328, 6.0016)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3040 #30AA9A

analogous

#AA307D #AA3040 #AA5D30

triadic

#AA3040 #40AA30 #3040AA

tetradic

#AA3040 #7DAA30 #30AA9A #5D30AA

square

#AA3040 #7DAA30 #30AA9A #5D30AA

split-complementary

#AA3040 #30AA5D #307DAA

monochromatic

#4B151C #7A232E #AA3040 #CC4B5C #DA7B87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#AA3040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#AA3040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3040

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3040	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 48, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.157 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7174',
    500: '#aa3040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3040;
$custom-light: #ca7174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.131,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4992,
    "c": 0.15741,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3040

secondary

#74C2B8

accent

#DFCB49

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3040

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

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