#AA495B#AA495B

#AA495B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.128 H 11.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA495B
RGB	rgb(170, 73, 91)
HSL	hsl(349, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 46.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, 41.50, 9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 42.56, 12.82°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.1258 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.128 11)
XYZ	xyz(20.8499, 14.0688, 11.5131)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA495B #49AA98

analogous

#AA498B #AA495B #AA6749

triadic

#AA495B #5BAA49 #495BAA

tetradic

#AA495B #8BAA49 #49AA98 #6749AA

square

#AA495B #8BAA49 #49AA98 #6749AA

split-complementary

#AA495B #49AA67 #498BAA

monochromatic

#54242D #7F3744 #AA495B #C16F7E #D49AA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AA495B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AA495B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA495B

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA495B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA495B	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa495b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.128 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77f89',
    500: '#aa495b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa495b;
$custom-light: #c77f89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa495b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.866,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53626,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.14066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA495B

secondary

#8FC0B7

accent

#D0BA58

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFF0

border

#D2CACB

text

#140A0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA495B

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

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