#AA3239#AA3239

#AA3239 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.156 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3239
RGB	rgb(170, 50, 57)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 66.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.79, 49.07, 24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.79, 54.78, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50% 0.1447 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.156 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4586, 11.1253, 5.0455)
Luminance	0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3239 #32AAA3

analogous

#AA3275 #AA3239 #AA6732

triadic

#AA3239 #39AA32 #3239AA

tetradic

#AA3239 #75AA32 #32AAA3 #6732AA

square

#AA3239 #75AA32 #32AAA3 #6732AA

split-complementary

#AA3239 #32AA67 #3275AA

monochromatic

#4B1619 #7B2429 #AA3239 #CB4E55 #D97D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#AA3239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#AA3239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3239

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3239	1.00	6.51	3.22	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0E36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 50, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.156 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca726f',
    500: '#aa3239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3239;
$custom-light: #ca726f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49995,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3239

secondary

#76C2BD

accent

#DED54A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3239

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

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