#AA5259#AA5259

#AA5259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.116 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5259
RGB	rgb(170, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 47.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 36.73, 13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 38.98, 19.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.1107 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.116 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3995, 15.3042, 11.2763)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5259 #52AAA3

analogous

#AA5285 #AA5259 #AA7752

triadic

#AA5259 #59AA52 #5259AA

tetradic

#AA5259 #85AA52 #52AAA3 #7752AA

square

#AA5259 #85AA52 #52AAA3 #7752AA

split-complementary

#AA5259 #52AA77 #5285AA

monochromatic

#572A2E #813E43 #AA5259 #BF7A80 #D3A4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AA5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AA5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5259

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5259	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.116 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78587',
    500: '#aa5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5259;
$custom-light: #c78587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.227,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54905,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5259

secondary

#98C0BD

accent

#CBC25D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFEF

border

#D2CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5259

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

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