#AA4237#AA4237

#AA4237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.139 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4237
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(6, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 42.00, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 50.87, 34.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.9% 0.122 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(51.9% 0.139 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2173, 12.7209, 5.0571)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4237 #379FAA

analogous

#AA3766 #AA4237 #AA7C37

triadic

#AA4237 #37AA42 #4237AA

tetradic

#AA4237 #66AA37 #379FAA #7C37AA

square

#AA4237 #66AA37 #379FAA #7C37AA

split-complementary

#AA4237 #37AA7C #3766AA

monochromatic

#4E1E19 #7C3028 #AA4237 #C86156 #D78C84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#AA4237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#AA4237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4237

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4237	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)

#5E5635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.139 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7b6e',
    500: '#aa4237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4237;
$custom-light: #ca7b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51897,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4237

secondary

#7CBAC1

accent

#CDDB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4237

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

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