#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
RGBrgb(170, 56, 39)
HSLhsl(8, 63%, 41%)
HSVhsv(8, 77%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 67.1%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(40.45, 45.72, 35.76)
CIE-LCHlch(40.45, 58.04, 38.03°)
OKLaboklab(50.41% 0.1303 0.0791)
OKLCHoklch(50.41% 0.152 31.3)
XYZxyz(18.3600, 11.5236, 3.1766)
Luminance0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AA38271.006.363.306.36
#FFFFFF6.361.0021.001.00
#0000003.3021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.361.0021.001.00

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

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#AA3827 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva