#AA402E#AA402E

#AA402E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.143 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA402E
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.86, 42.45, 33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.86, 54.00, 38.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.5% 0.1216 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(51.5% 0.143 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9061, 12.4127, 3.9846)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA402E #2E98AA

analogous

#AA2E5A #AA402E #AA7E2E

triadic

#AA402E #2EAA40 #402EAA

tetradic

#AA402E #5AAA2E #2E98AA #7E2EAA

square

#AA402E #5AAA2E #2E98AA #7E2EAA

split-complementary

#AA402E #2EAA7E #2E5AAA

monochromatic

#4A1C14 #7A2E21 #AA402E #CD5B48 #DA8678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#AA402E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#AA402E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA402E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA402E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA402E	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D542C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB273C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa402e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.143 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7967',
    500: '#aa402e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa402e;
$custom-light: #ca7967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa402e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.71,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.515,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA402E

secondary

#71B7C3

accent

#CAE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA402E

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

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