#AA494D#AA494D

#AA494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.128 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA494D
RGB	rgb(170, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 54.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 40.19, 17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 43.87, 23.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.1201 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.128 20)
XYZ	xyz(20.3013, 13.8494, 8.6239)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA494D #49AAA6

analogous

#AA497D #AA494D #AA7649

triadic

#AA494D #4DAA49 #494DAA

tetradic

#AA494D #7DAA49 #49AAA6 #7649AA

square

#AA494D #7DAA49 #49AAA6 #7649AA

split-complementary

#AA494D #49AA76 #497DAA

monochromatic

#542426 #7F373A #AA494D #C16F72 #D49A9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#AA494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#AA494D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA494D

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA494D	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78704B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.128 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87f7e',
    500: '#aa494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa494d;
$custom-light: #c87f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.526,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53286,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.13847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA494D

secondary

#8FC0BE

accent

#D0CB58

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEEE

border

#D2C9C9

text

#140A0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA494D

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

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