#AA3938#AA3938

#AA3938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.149 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3938
RGB	rgb(170, 57, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 46.13, 26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 53.08, 29.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.1351 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.149 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7564, 11.7605, 5.0230)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3938 #38A9AA

analogous

#AA3870 #AA3938 #AA7238

triadic

#AA3938 #38AA39 #3938AA

tetradic

#AA3938 #70AA38 #38A9AA #7238AA

square

#AA3938 #70AA38 #38A9AA #7238AA

split-complementary

#AA3938 #38AA72 #3870AA

monochromatic

#4E1A1A #7C2A29 #AA3938 #C85857 #D78685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#AA3938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#AA3938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3938

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3938	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)

#575137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB1D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 57, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.149 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca766e',
    500: '#aa3938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3938;
$custom-light: #ca766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.526,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50769,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3938

secondary

#7DC0C1

accent

#D9DA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3938

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

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