#AA4942#AA4942

#AA4942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.129 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4942
RGB	rgb(170, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, 39.32, 23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 46.05, 31.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.1156 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.129 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9452, 13.7070, 6.7486)
Luminance	0.1370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4942 #42A3AA

analogous

#AA426F #AA4942 #AA7D42

triadic

#AA4942 #42AA49 #4942AA

tetradic

#AA4942 #6FAA42 #42A3AA #7D42AA

square

#AA4942 #6FAA42 #42A3AA #7D42AA

split-complementary

#AA4942 #42AA7D #426FAA

monochromatic

#522320 #7E3631 #AA4942 #C36C66 #D59692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#AA4942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#AA4942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4942

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4942	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.129 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97f76',
    500: '#aa4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4942;
$custom-light: #c97f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.038,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53063,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4942

secondary

#88BCC0

accent

#CBD454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4942

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

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