#AA4945#AA4945

#AA4945 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.129 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4945
RGB	rgb(170, 73, 69)
HSL	hsl(2, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 59.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, 39.55, 22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 45.37, 29.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.12% 0.1168 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(53.12% 0.129 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0360, 13.7433, 7.2267)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4945 #45A6AA

analogous

#AA4574 #AA4945 #AA7C45

triadic

#AA4945 #45AA49 #4945AA

tetradic

#AA4945 #74AA45 #45A6AA #7C45AA

square

#AA4945 #74AA45 #45A6AA #7C45AA

split-complementary

#AA4945 #45AA7C #4574AA

monochromatic

#532422 #7E3633 #AA4945 #C26D6A #D49895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#AA4945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#AA4945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4945

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4945	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.129 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97f78',
    500: '#aa4945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4945;
$custom-light: #c97f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.376,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5312,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4945

secondary

#8BBEC0

accent

#CDD256

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4945

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

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