#AA3C24#AA3C24

#AA3C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.149 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3C24
RGB	rgb(170, 60, 36)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 78.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.07, 43.85, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.07, 58.05, 40.94°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.1239 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.149 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5139, 11.9078, 2.9923)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3C24 #2492AA

analogous

#AA244F #AA3C24 #AA7F24

triadic

#AA3C24 #24AA3C #3C24AA

tetradic

#AA3C24 #4FAA24 #2492AA #7F24AA

square

#AA3C24 #4FAA24 #2492AA #7F24AA

split-complementary

#AA3C24 #24AA7F #244FAA

monochromatic

#45180F #772A19 #AA3C24 #D55337 #DF7E69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#AA3C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#AA3C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3C24

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3C24	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB1E37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 60, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.149 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7760',
    500: '#aa3c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3c24;
$custom-light: #cb7760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50865,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3C24

secondary

#65B4C5

accent

#CAE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3C24

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

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