#AA4E49#AA4E49

#AA4E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.122 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4E49
RGB	rgb(170, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 57.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 37.34, 21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 42.93, 29.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1106 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.122 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5062, 14.4783, 8.0167)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4E49 #49A5AA

analogous

#AA4974 #AA4E49 #AA7F49

triadic

#AA4E49 #49AA4E #4E49AA

tetradic

#AA4E49 #74AA49 #49A5AA #7F49AA

square

#AA4E49 #74AA49 #49A5AA #7F49AA

split-complementary

#AA4E49 #49AA7F #4974AA

monochromatic

#542724 #7F3A37 #AA4E49 #C1736F #D49D9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#AA4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AA4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4E49

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4E49	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.122 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8827b',
    500: '#aa4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4e49;
$custom-light: #c8827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.093,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53937,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4E49

secondary

#8FBDC0

accent

#CAD058

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFEE

border

#D2CAC9

text

#140B09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4E49

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

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