#AA4E42#AA4E42

#AA4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.124 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4E42
RGB	rgb(170, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 36.79, 25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 44.60, 34.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% 0.1077 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.124 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2871, 14.3906, 6.8625)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4E42 #429EAA

analogous

#AA426A #AA4E42 #AA8242

triadic

#AA4E42 #42AA4E #4E42AA

tetradic

#AA4E42 #6AAA42 #429EAA #8242AA

square

#AA4E42 #6AAA42 #429EAA #8242AA

split-complementary

#AA4E42 #42AA82 #426AAA

monochromatic

#522620 #7E3A31 #AA4E42 #C37166 #D59A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#AA4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#AA4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4E42

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4E42	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.124 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88276',
    500: '#aa4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4e42;
$custom-light: #c88276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53804,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4E42

secondary

#88BAC0

accent

#C5D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4E42

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

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