#AA4540#AA4540

#AA4540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.134 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4540
RGB	rgb(170, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, 41.14, 24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 47.72, 30.44°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.121 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.134 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6329, 13.1750, 6.3587)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4540 #40A5AA

analogous

#AA4070 #AA4540 #AA7A40

triadic

#AA4540 #40AA45 #4540AA

tetradic

#AA4540 #70AA40 #40A5AA #7A40AA

square

#AA4540 #70AA40 #40A5AA #7A40AA

split-complementary

#AA4540 #40AA7A #4070AA

monochromatic

#51211F #7E332F #AA4540 #C46863 #D5938F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AA4540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AA4540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4540

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4540	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F583F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.134 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97d75',
    500: '#aa4540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4540;
$custom-light: #c97d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.83,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5246,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4540

secondary

#86BDC0

accent

#CFD553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4540

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

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