#AA3542#AA3542

#AA3542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.152 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3542
RGB	rgb(170, 53, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, 48.45, 19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 52.24, 21.98°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.1444 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.152 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8359, 11.4882, 6.3788)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3542 #35AA9D

analogous

#AA357C #AA3542 #AA6235

triadic

#AA3542 #42AA35 #3542AA

tetradic

#AA3542 #7CAA35 #35AA9D #6235AA

square

#AA3542 #7CAA35 #35AA9D #6235AA

split-complementary

#AA3542 #35AA62 #357CAA

monochromatic

#4D181E #7B2630 #AA3542 #C95360 #D8828B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#AA3542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#AA3542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3542

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3542	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA193B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 53, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.152 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7476',
    500: '#aa3542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3542;
$custom-light: #ca7476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50495,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3542

secondary

#7AC1B9

accent

#DCCC4C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3542

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →