#AA4838#AA4838

#AA4838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.133 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4838
RGB	rgb(170, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, 39.15, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 49.00, 36.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1133 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.133 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6106, 13.4688, 5.3077)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4838 #389AAA

analogous

#AA3861 #AA4838 #AA8138

triadic

#AA4838 #38AA48 #4838AA

tetradic

#AA4838 #61AA38 #389AAA #8138AA

square

#AA4838 #61AA38 #389AAA #8138AA

split-complementary

#AA4838 #38AA81 #3861AA

monochromatic

#4E211A #7C3529 #AA4838 #C86757 #D79185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#AA4838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#AA4838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4838

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4838	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.133 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e6f',
    500: '#aa4838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4838;
$custom-light: #c97e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.421,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52749,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4838

secondary

#7DB7C1

accent

#C6DA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4838

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

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