#AA3140#AA3140

#AA3140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.156 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3140
RGB	rgb(170, 49, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.77, 49.90, 19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.77, 53.75, 21.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.1487 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.156 18)
XYZ	xyz(18.6032, 11.1155, 6.0154)
Luminance	0.1111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3140 #31AA9B

analogous

#AA317C #AA3140 #AA5E31

triadic

#AA3140 #40AA31 #3140AA

tetradic

#AA3140 #7CAA31 #31AA9B #5E31AA

square

#AA3140 #7CAA31 #31AA9B #5E31AA

split-complementary

#AA3140 #31AA5E #317CAA

monochromatic

#4B161C #7A232E #AA3140 #CC4D5C #D97C88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#AA3140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#AA3140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3140

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3140	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 49, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.156 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7274',
    500: '#aa3140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3140;
$custom-light: #ca7274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.562,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50023,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.11113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3140

secondary

#75C2B8

accent

#DFCC49

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3140

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

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