#AA4D40#AA4D40

#AA4D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.125 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4D40
RGB	rgb(170, 77, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(7, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 37.16, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 45.42, 35.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.1085 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.125 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1586, 14.2264, 6.5339)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4D40 #409DAA

analogous

#AA4068 #AA4D40 #AA8240

triadic

#AA4D40 #40AA4D #4D40AA

tetradic

#AA4D40 #68AA40 #409DAA #8240AA

square

#AA4D40 #68AA40 #409DAA #8240AA

split-complementary

#AA4D40 #40AA82 #4068AA

monochromatic

#51251F #7E392F #AA4D40 #C46F63 #D5988F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#AA4D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#AA4D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4D40

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4D40	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 77, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.125 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98175',
    500: '#aa4d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4d40;
$custom-light: #c98175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.358,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53617,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4D40

secondary

#86B9C0

accent

#C5D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4D40

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

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