#AA5950#AA5950

#AA5950 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.108 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5950
RGB	rgb(170, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 52.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 32.15, 20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 37.97, 32.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.0954 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.108 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5994, 16.2722, 9.5912)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5950 #50A1AA

analogous

#AA5074 #AA5950 #AA8650

triadic

#AA5950 #50AA59 #5950AA

tetradic

#AA5950 #74AA50 #50A1AA #8650AA

square

#AA5950 #74AA50 #50A1AA #8650AA

split-complementary

#AA5950 #50AA86 #5074AA

monochromatic

#572D29 #80433C #AA5950 #BF7F78 #D3A6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AA5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AA5950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5950

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5950	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C664F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80774F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.108 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78981',
    500: '#aa5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5950;
$custom-light: #c78981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55817,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5950

secondary

#96BCC0

accent

#C1CC5C

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5950

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

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