#AA4B48#AA4B48

#AA4B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.126 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4B48
RGB	rgb(170, 75, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 57.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 38.78, 21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 44.10, 28.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1149 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.126 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2650, 14.0485, 7.7741)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4B48 #48A7AA

analogous

#AA4876 #AA4B48 #AA7C48

triadic

#AA4B48 #48AA4B #4B48AA

tetradic

#AA4B48 #76AA48 #48A7AA #7C48AA

square

#AA4B48 #76AA48 #48A7AA #7C48AA

split-complementary

#AA4B48 #48AA7C #4876AA

monochromatic

#542524 #7F3836 #AA4B48 #C1706E #D49B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AA4B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AA4B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4B48

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4B48	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)

#625C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 75, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.126 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8807b',
    500: '#aa4b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4b48;
$custom-light: #c8807b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.837,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5347,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4B48

secondary

#8EBEC0

accent

#CDD057

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4B48

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

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