#AA3C21#AA3C21

#AA3C21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.150 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AA3C21
RGBrgb(170, 60, 33)
HSLhsl(12, 67%, 40%)
HSVhsv(12, 81%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.7%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(41.04, 43.74, 39.59)
CIE-LCHlch(41.04, 59.00, 42.15°)
OKLaboklab(50.83% 0.123 0.0857)
OKLCHoklch(50.83% 0.15 34.9)
XYZxyz(18.4700, 11.8902, 2.7610)
Luminance0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AA3C21 #218FAA
analogous
#AA214A #AA3C21 #AA8121
triadic
#AA3C21 #21AA3C #3C21AA
tetradic
#AA3C21 #4AAA21 #218FAA #8121AA
square
#AA3C21 #4AAA21 #218FAA #8121AA
split-complementary
#AA3C21 #21AA81 #214AAA
monochromatic
#43180D #772A17 #AA3C21 #D75231 #E17D64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22
#AA3C21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38
#AA3C21 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3C21
6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AA3C21#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AA3C211.006.223.386.22
#FFFFFF6.221.0021.001.00
#0000003.3821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.221.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5B511D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#776A1C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BB1E37
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aa3c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 60, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.150 34.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb775e',
    500: '#aa3c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aa3c21;
$custom-light: #cb775e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aa3c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.825,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50835,
    "c": 0.14995,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AA3C21
secondary
#61B2C6
accent
#C8EA3D
background
#FDF7F5
surface
#FBEDE9
border
#D4C8C5
text
#150904
muted
#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3C21

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#AA3C21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva