#AA4236#AA4236

#AA4236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.139 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4236
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 41.94, 29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 51.14, 34.91°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.1216 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.139 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1935, 12.7114, 4.9322)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4236 #369EAA

analogous

#AA3664 #AA4236 #AA7C36

triadic

#AA4236 #36AA42 #4236AA

tetradic

#AA4236 #64AA36 #369EAA #7C36AA

square

#AA4236 #64AA36 #369EAA #7C36AA

split-complementary

#AA4236 #36AA7C #3664AA

monochromatic

#4D1E18 #7C3027 #AA4236 #C96054 #D88C83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#AA4236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#AA4236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4236

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4236	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.139 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7b6d',
    500: '#aa4236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4236;
$custom-light: #ca7b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51881,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4236

secondary

#7BBAC1

accent

#CCDB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4236

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

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