#AA5840#AA5840

#AA5840 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.114 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5840
RGB	rgb(170, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 31.38, 28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 42.69, 42.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.0907 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.114 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9944, 15.8980, 6.8125)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5840 #4092AA

analogous

#AA405D #AA5840 #AA8D40

triadic

#AA5840 #40AA58 #5840AA

tetradic

#AA5840 #5DAA40 #4092AA #8D40AA

square

#AA5840 #5DAA40 #4092AA #8D40AA

split-complementary

#AA5840 #40AA8D #405DAA

monochromatic

#512A1F #7E412F #AA5840 #C47963 #D59F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#AA5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#AA5840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5840

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5840	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.114 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88875',
    500: '#aa5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5840;
$custom-light: #c88875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.585,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55355,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5840

secondary

#86B3C0

accent

#B8D553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5840

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

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