#AA4C36#AA4C36

#AA4C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.129 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4C36
RGB	rgb(170, 76, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, 37.02, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 48.62, 40.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.1063 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.129 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8297, 13.9838, 5.1442)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4C36 #3694AA

analogous

#AA365A #AA4C36 #AA8636

triadic

#AA4C36 #36AA4C #4C36AA

tetradic

#AA4C36 #5AAA36 #3694AA #8636AA

square

#AA4C36 #5AAA36 #3694AA #8636AA

split-complementary

#AA4C36 #36AA86 #365AAA

monochromatic

#4D2218 #7C3727 #AA4C36 #C96A54 #D89383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#AA4C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#AA4C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4C36

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4C36	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 76, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.129 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9816e',
    500: '#aa4c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4c36;
$custom-light: #c9816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.379,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53307,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4C36

secondary

#7BB4C1

accent

#C0DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4C36

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

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