#AA3936#AA3936

#AA3936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.149 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3936
RGB	rgb(170, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 46.01, 27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 53.57, 30.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% 0.1344 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.149 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7085, 11.7413, 4.7705)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3936 #36A7AA

analogous

#AA366D #AA3936 #AA7336

triadic

#AA3936 #36AA39 #3936AA

tetradic

#AA3936 #6DAA36 #36A7AA #7336AA

square

#AA3936 #6DAA36 #36A7AA #7336AA

split-complementary

#AA3936 #36AA73 #366DAA

monochromatic

#4D1A18 #7C2927 #AA3936 #C95754 #D88583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#AA3936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#AA3936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3936

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3936	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB1D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.149 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca766d',
    500: '#aa3936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3936;
$custom-light: #ca766d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.552,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50736,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3936

secondary

#7BBFC1

accent

#D8DB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3936

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

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