#AA3827#AA3827

#AA3827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.152 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3827
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 45.72, 35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 58.04, 38.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.1303 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.152 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3600, 11.5236, 3.1766)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3827 #2799AA

analogous

#AA2757 #AA3827 #AA7927

triadic

#AA3827 #27AA38 #3827AA

tetradic

#AA3827 #57AA27 #2799AA #7927AA

square

#AA3827 #57AA27 #2799AA #7927AA

split-complementary

#AA3827 #27AA79 #2757AA

monochromatic

#461710 #78281C #AA3827 #D24F3C #DE7C6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#AA3827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#AA3827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3827

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3827	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB1635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.152 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7562',
    500: '#aa3827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3827;
$custom-light: #cb7562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.786,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50409,
    "c": 0.15248,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3827

secondary

#69B8C4

accent

#D0E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3827

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

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