#AA5038#AA5038

#AA5038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.124 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5038
RGB	rgb(170, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(13, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 35.09, 31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 47.05, 41.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.1007 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.124 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1619, 14.5713, 5.4914)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5038 #3892AA

analogous

#AA3859 #AA5038 #AA8938

triadic

#AA5038 #38AA50 #5038AA

tetradic

#AA5038 #59AA38 #3892AA #8938AA

square

#AA5038 #59AA38 #3892AA #8938AA

split-complementary

#AA5038 #38AA89 #3859AA

monochromatic

#4E251A #7C3A29 #AA5038 #C86F57 #D79785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#AA5038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#AA5038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5038

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5038	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.124 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9836f',
    500: '#aa5038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5038;
$custom-light: #c9836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.632,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53947,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5038

secondary

#7DB3C1

accent

#BCDA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5038

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

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