#AA4E50#AA4E50

#AA4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.121 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4E50
RGB	rgb(170, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 52.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, 37.93, 17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 41.63, 24.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% 0.1134 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.121 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7515, 14.5764, 9.3086)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4E50 #4EAAA8

analogous

#AA4E7E #AA4E50 #AA7A4E

triadic

#AA4E50 #50AA4E #4E50AA

tetradic

#AA4E50 #7EAA4E #4EAAA8 #7A4EAA

square

#AA4E50 #7EAA4E #4EAAA8 #7A4EAA

split-complementary

#AA4E50 #4EAA7A #4E7EAA

monochromatic

#562829 #803B3C #AA4E50 #C07577 #D39FA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#AA4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#AA4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4E50

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4E50	1.00	5.36	3.91	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A724E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.121 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88281',
    500: '#aa4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4e50;
$custom-light: #c88281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54085,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4E50

secondary

#94C0BF

accent

#CDCB5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFEE

border

#D2CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4E50

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

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