#AA442E#AA442E

#AA442E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.139 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA442E
RGB	rgb(170, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.58, 40.56, 34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.58, 53.04, 40.12°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.1157 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.139 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1398, 12.8801, 4.0625)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA442E #2E94AA

analogous

#AA2E56 #AA442E #AA822E

triadic

#AA442E #2EAA44 #442EAA

tetradic

#AA442E #56AA2E #2E94AA #822EAA

square

#AA442E #56AA2E #2E94AA #822EAA

split-complementary

#AA442E #2EAA82 #2E56AA

monochromatic

#4A1D14 #7A3121 #AA442E #CD5F48 #DA8978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#AA442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#AA442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA442E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA442E	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB2D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.139 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7c68',
    500: '#aa442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa442e;
$custom-light: #ca7c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.645,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52041,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA442E

secondary

#71B4C3

accent

#C5E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA442E

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

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