#AA3A38#AA3A38

#AA3A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.148 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3A38
RGB	rgb(170, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.99, 45.70, 26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.99, 52.80, 30.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% 0.1338 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.148 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8063, 11.8603, 5.0396)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3A38 #38A8AA

analogous

#AA386F #AA3A38 #AA7338

triadic

#AA3A38 #38AA3A #3A38AA

tetradic

#AA3A38 #6FAA38 #38A8AA #7338AA

square

#AA3A38 #6FAA38 #38A8AA #7338AA

split-complementary

#AA3A38 #38AA73 #386FAA

monochromatic

#4E1B1A #7C2A29 #AA3A38 #C85957 #D78785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#AA3A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#AA3A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3A38

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3A38	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB1F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.148 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca766e',
    500: '#aa3a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3a38;
$custom-light: #ca766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.053,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50889,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3A38

secondary

#7DC0C1

accent

#D7DA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3A38

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

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