#AA5155#AA5155

#AA5155 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.117 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5155
RGB	rgb(170, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 50%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 36.85, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 39.82, 22.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.1107 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.117 19)
XYZ	xyz(21.1612, 15.0891, 10.3906)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5155 #51AAA6

analogous

#AA5182 #AA5155 #AA7A51

triadic

#AA5155 #55AA51 #5155AA

tetradic

#AA5155 #82AA51 #51AAA6 #7A51AA

square

#AA5155 #82AA51 #51AAA6 #7A51AA

split-complementary

#AA5155 #51AA7A #5182AA

monochromatic

#572A2C #813D40 #AA5155 #BF797C #D3A2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#AA5155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#AA5155 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5155

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5155	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.117 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78484',
    500: '#aa5155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5155;
$custom-light: #c78484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.303,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54655,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.15087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5155

secondary

#97C0BE

accent

#CBC65C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFEF

border

#D2CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5155

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

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