#AA4231#AA4231

#AA4231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.140 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4231
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 49)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, 41.67, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 52.60, 37.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.1197 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.14 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0821, 12.6668, 4.3453)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4231 #3199AA

analogous

#AA315C #AA4231 #AA7E31

triadic

#AA4231 #31AA42 #4231AA

tetradic

#AA4231 #5CAA31 #3199AA #7E31AA

square

#AA4231 #5CAA31 #3199AA #7E31AA

split-complementary

#AA4231 #31AA7E #315CAA

monochromatic

#4B1D16 #7A3023 #AA4231 #CC5E4D #D9897C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#AA4231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#AA4231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4231

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4231	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB2B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.140 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7b6a',
    500: '#aa4231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4231;
$custom-light: #ca7b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.43,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51808,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4231

secondary

#75B7C2

accent

#CADF49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4231

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

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