#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
RGB	rgb(170, 60, 33)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, 43.74, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 59.00, 42.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% 0.123 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.15 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4700, 11.8902, 2.7610)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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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
##AA3C21	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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