#AA3240#AA3240

#AA3240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.155 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3240
RGB	rgb(170, 50, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.92, 49.51, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.92, 53.46, 22.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% 0.1475 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.155 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6454, 11.2001, 6.0295)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3240 #32AA9C

analogous

#AA327C #AA3240 #AA6032

triadic

#AA3240 #40AA32 #3240AA

tetradic

#AA3240 #7CAA32 #32AA9C #6032AA

square

#AA3240 #7CAA32 #32AA9C #6032AA

split-complementary

#AA3240 #32AA60 #327CAA

monochromatic

#4B161C #7B242E #AA3240 #CB4E5D #D97D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#AA3240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#AA3240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3240

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3240	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA1138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 50, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.155 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7274',
    500: '#aa3240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3240;
$custom-light: #ca7274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50128,
    "c": 0.15533,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3240

secondary

#76C2B9

accent

#DECD4A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3240

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

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