#AA3E23#AA3E23

#AA3E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.148 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3E23
RGB	rgb(170, 62, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, 42.91, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 57.92, 42.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.1208 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.148 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6056, 12.1153, 2.9486)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3E23 #238FAA

analogous

#AA234B #AA3E23 #AA8123

triadic

#AA3E23 #23AA3E #3E23AA

tetradic

#AA3E23 #4BAA23 #238FAA #8123AA

square

#AA3E23 #4BAA23 #238FAA #8123AA

split-complementary

#AA3E23 #23AA81 #234BAA

monochromatic

#44190E #772B19 #AA3E23 #D55535 #E08068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#AA3E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#AA3E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3E23

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3E23	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D531F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB2239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.148 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7860',
    500: '#aa3e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3e23;
$custom-light: #cb7860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51111,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3E23

secondary

#63B2C6

accent

#C7E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3E23

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

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