#AA494E#AA494E

#AA494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.128 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA494E
RGB	rgb(170, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 54.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 40.28, 17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 43.72, 22.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.1205 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.128 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3369, 13.8636, 8.8112)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA494E #49AAA5

analogous

#AA497F #AA494E #AA7449

triadic

#AA494E #4EAA49 #494EAA

tetradic

#AA494E #7FAA49 #49AAA5 #7449AA

square

#AA494E #7FAA49 #49AAA5 #7449AA

split-complementary

#AA494E #49AA74 #497FAA

monochromatic

#542427 #7F373A #AA494E #C16F73 #D49A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#AA494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#AA494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA494E

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA494E	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)

#605C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78704C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.128 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87f7f',
    500: '#aa494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa494e;
$custom-light: #c87f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.907,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53308,
    "c": 0.12773,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA494E

secondary

#8FC0BD

accent

#D0CA58

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEEE

border

#D2C9C9

text

#140A0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA494E

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

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