#AA4E40#AA4E40

#AA4E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.124 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4E40
RGB	rgb(170, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 36.65, 26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 45.14, 35.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1069 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.124 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2291, 14.3674, 6.5574)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4E40 #409CAA

analogous

#AA4067 #AA4E40 #AA8340

triadic

#AA4E40 #40AA4E #4E40AA

tetradic

#AA4E40 #67AA40 #409CAA #8340AA

square

#AA4E40 #67AA40 #409CAA #8340AA

split-complementary

#AA4E40 #40AA83 #4067AA

monochromatic

#51251F #7E3A2F #AA4E40 #C47063 #D5998F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#AA4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#AA4E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4E40

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4E40	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.124 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98275',
    500: '#aa4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4e40;
$custom-light: #c98275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.925,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53768,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4E40

secondary

#86B8C0

accent

#C4D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4E40

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

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