#AA5849#AA5849

#AA5849 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.111 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5849
RGB	rgb(170, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 57.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 32.08, 23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 40.00, 36.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.0943 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.111 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2715, 16.0088, 8.2718)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5849 #499BAA

analogous

#AA496B #AA5849 #AA8849

triadic

#AA5849 #49AA58 #5849AA

tetradic

#AA5849 #6BAA49 #499BAA #8849AA

square

#AA5849 #6BAA49 #499BAA #8849AA

split-complementary

#AA5849 #49AA88 #496BAA

monochromatic

#542C24 #7F4237 #AA5849 #C17C6F #D4A39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#AA5849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#AA5849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5849

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5849	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.111 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8897c',
    500: '#aa5849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5849;
$custom-light: #c8897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.278,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55514,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5849

secondary

#8FB8C0

accent

#BDD058

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140B09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5849

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

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