#AA4A42#AA4A42

#AA4A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.128 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4A42
RGB	rgb(170, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 38.82, 24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 45.76, 31.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.21% 0.1141 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(53.21% 0.128 27)
XYZ	xyz(20.0115, 13.8394, 6.7707)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4A42 #42A2AA

analogous

#AA426E #AA4A42 #AA7E42

triadic

#AA4A42 #42AA4A #4A42AA

tetradic

#AA4A42 #6EAA42 #42A2AA #7E42AA

square

#AA4A42 #6EAA42 #42A2AA #7E42AA

split-complementary

#AA4A42 #42AA7E #426EAA

monochromatic

#522420 #7E3731 #AA4A42 #C36D66 #D59792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#AA4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#AA4A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4A42

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4A42	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)

#625B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.128 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98076',
    500: '#aa4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4a42;
$custom-light: #c98076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53208,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.13837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4A42

secondary

#88BCC0

accent

#CAD454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4A42

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

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