#AA493E#AA493E

#AA493E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.130 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA493E
RGB	rgb(170, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(6, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 63.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, 39.04, 26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 47.06, 33.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.99% 0.114 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(52.99% 0.13 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8314, 13.6614, 6.1491)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA493E #3E9FAA

analogous

#AA3E69 #AA493E #AA7F3E

triadic

#AA493E #3EAA49 #493EAA

tetradic

#AA493E #69AA3E #3E9FAA #7F3EAA

square

#AA493E #69AA3E #3E9FAA #7F3EAA

split-complementary

#AA493E #3EAA7F #3E69AA

monochromatic

#50221D #7D362E #AA493E #C56A60 #D5948D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#AA493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#AA493E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA493E

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA493E	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.130 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97f73',
    500: '#aa493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa493e;
$custom-light: #c97f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.111,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52991,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA493E

secondary

#84BAC0

accent

#C9D652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA493E

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

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