#AA494A#AA494A

#AA494A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.128 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA494A
RGB	rgb(170, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(359, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 56.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 39.94, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 44.37, 25.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.1189 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.128 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1978, 13.8080, 8.0788)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA494A #49AAA9

analogous

#AA497B #AA494A #AA7849

triadic

#AA494A #4AAA49 #494AAA

tetradic

#AA494A #7BAA49 #49AAA9 #7849AA

square

#AA494A #7BAA49 #49AAA9 #7849AA

split-complementary

#AA494A #49AA78 #497BAA

monochromatic

#542425 #7F3737 #AA494A #C16F70 #D49A9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#AA494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#AA494A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA494A

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA494A	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.128 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87f7c',
    500: '#aa494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa494a;
$custom-light: #c87f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.381,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53221,
    "c": 0.12805,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA494A

secondary

#8FC0BF

accent

#D0CF58

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEEE

border

#D2C9C9

text

#140A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA494A

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

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