#AA5656#AA5656

#AA5656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.110 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5656
RGB	rgb(170, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 49.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 34.32, 15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 37.83, 24.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.1029 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.11 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5865, 15.8758, 10.7298)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5656 #56AAAA

analogous

#AA5680 #AA5656 #AA8056

triadic

#AA5656 #56AA56 #5656AA

tetradic

#AA5656 #80AA56 #56AAAA #8056AA

square

#AA5656 #80AA56 #56AAAA #8056AA

split-complementary

#AA5656 #56AA80 #5680AA

monochromatic

#592D2D #824141 #AA5656 #BE7F7F #D3A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#AA5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AA5656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5656

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5656	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.110 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78785',
    500: '#aa5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5656;
$custom-light: #c78785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55462,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5656

secondary

#9BC1C1

accent

#C9C95F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5656

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

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