#AA4A40#AA4A40

#AA4A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.128 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4A40
RGB	rgb(170, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 38.68, 25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 46.26, 33.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.17% 0.1133 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(53.17% 0.128 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9535, 13.8162, 6.4655)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4A40 #40A0AA

analogous

#AA406B #AA4A40 #AA7F40

triadic

#AA4A40 #40AA4A #4A40AA

tetradic

#AA4A40 #6BAA40 #40A0AA #7F40AA

square

#AA4A40 #6BAA40 #40A0AA #7F40AA

split-complementary

#AA4A40 #40AA7F #406BAA

monochromatic

#51231F #7E372F #AA4A40 #C46C63 #D5968F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#AA4A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#AA4A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4A40

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4A40	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)

#625B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.128 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98075',
    500: '#aa4a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4a40;
$custom-light: #c98075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.66,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53172,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4A40

secondary

#86BBC0

accent

#C9D553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4A40

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

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