#AA3E38#AA3E38

#AA3E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.143 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA3E38
RGB	rgb(170, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 43.91, 27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 51.69, 31.84°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% 0.1281 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.143 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0159, 12.2794, 5.1094)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA3E38 #38A4AA

analogous

#AA386B #AA3E38 #AA7738

triadic

#AA3E38 #38AA3E #3E38AA

tetradic

#AA3E38 #6BAA38 #38A4AA #7738AA

square

#AA3E38 #6BAA38 #38A4AA #7738AA

split-complementary

#AA3E38 #38AA77 #386BAA

monochromatic

#4E1C1A #7C2D29 #AA3E38 #C85D57 #D78A85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#AA3E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#AA3E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA3E38

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA3E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA3E38	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA263D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa3e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.143 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca786f',
    500: '#aa3e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa3e38;
$custom-light: #ca786f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa3e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51388,
    "c": 0.14323,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA3E38

secondary

#7DBDC1

accent

#D3DA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#140907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA3E38

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

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