#AA4440#AA4440

#AA4440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.135 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4440
RGB	rgb(170, 68, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 41.62, 23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 48.02, 29.91°)
OKLab	oklab(52.32% 0.1225 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(52.32% 0.135 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5719, 13.0530, 6.3383)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4440 #40A6AA

analogous

#AA4071 #AA4440 #AA7940

triadic

#AA4440 #40AA44 #4440AA

tetradic

#AA4440 #71AA40 #40A6AA #7940AA

square

#AA4440 #71AA40 #40A6AA #7940AA

split-complementary

#AA4440 #40AA79 #4071AA

monochromatic

#51201F #7E322F #AA4440 #C46763 #D5928F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#AA4440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#AA4440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4440

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4440	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E583F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 68, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.135 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97c75',
    500: '#aa4440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4440;
$custom-light: #c97c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.264,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52322,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4440

secondary

#86BEC0

accent

#D0D553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4440

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

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