#AA4840#AA4840

#AA4840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.131 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4840
RGB	rgb(170, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 39.68, 24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 46.83, 32.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.1164 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.131 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8221, 13.5534, 6.4217)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4840 #40A2AA

analogous

#AA406D #AA4840 #AA7D40

triadic

#AA4840 #40AA48 #4840AA

tetradic

#AA4840 #6DAA40 #40A2AA #7D40AA

square

#AA4840 #6DAA40 #40A2AA #7D40AA

split-complementary

#AA4840 #40AA7D #406DAA

monochromatic

#51221F #7E352F #AA4840 #C46A63 #D5958F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#AA4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#AA4840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4840

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4840	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.131 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e75',
    500: '#aa4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4840;
$custom-light: #c97e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.528,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52883,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4840

secondary

#86BCC0

accent

#CBD553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4840

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

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