#AA4040#AA4040

#AA4040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.140 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4040
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 43.51, 23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 49.23, 27.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.1284 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.14 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3382, 12.5856, 6.2604)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4040 #40AAAA

analogous

#AA4075 #AA4040 #AA7540

triadic

#AA4040 #40AA40 #4040AA

tetradic

#AA4040 #75AA40 #40AAAA #7540AA

square

#AA4040 #75AA40 #40AAAA #7540AA

split-complementary

#AA4040 #40AA75 #4075AA

monochromatic

#511F1F #7E2F2F #AA4040 #C46363 #D58F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#AA4040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#AA4040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4040

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4040	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B553F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.140 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97a74',
    500: '#aa4040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4040;
$custom-light: #c97a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51787,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4040

secondary

#86C0C0

accent

#D5D553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4040

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

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