#AA5040#AA5040

#AA5040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.122 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5040
RGB	rgb(170, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.16, 35.62, 26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.16, 44.61, 37.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1037 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.122 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3734, 14.6560, 6.6055)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5040 #409AAA

analogous

#AA4065 #AA5040 #AA8540

triadic

#AA5040 #40AA50 #5040AA

tetradic

#AA5040 #65AA40 #409AAA #8540AA

square

#AA5040 #65AA40 #409AAA #8540AA

split-complementary

#AA5040 #40AA85 #4065AA

monochromatic

#51261F #7E3B2F #AA5040 #C47263 #D59A8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#AA5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#AA5040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5040

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5040	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA404C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.122 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98375',
    500: '#aa5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5040;
$custom-light: #c98375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.057,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54075,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5040

secondary

#86B7C0

accent

#C1D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5040

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

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