#AA4038#AA4038

#AA4038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.141 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4038
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 43.00, 27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 51.14, 32.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1253 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.141 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1267, 12.5009, 5.1464)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4038 #38A2AA

analogous

#AA3869 #AA4038 #AA7938

triadic

#AA4038 #38AA40 #4038AA

tetradic

#AA4038 #69AA38 #38A2AA #7938AA

square

#AA4038 #69AA38 #38A2AA #7938AA

split-complementary

#AA4038 #38AA79 #3869AA

monochromatic

#4E1D1A #7C2F29 #AA4038 #C85F57 #D78B85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#AA4038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AA4038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4038

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4038	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.141 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca796f',
    500: '#aa4038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4038;
$custom-light: #ca796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.211,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51647,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4038

secondary

#7DBCC1

accent

#D0DA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#140907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4038

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

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