#AA5960#AA5960

#AA5960 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.106 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5960
RGB	rgb(170, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(355, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 43.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 33.76, 11.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 35.54, 18.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.102 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.106 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2626, 16.5375, 13.0837)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5960 #59AAA3

analogous

#AA5988 #AA5960 #AA7A59

triadic

#AA5960 #60AA59 #5960AA

tetradic

#AA5960 #88AA59 #59AAA3 #7A59AA

square

#AA5960 #88AA59 #59AAA3 #7A59AA

split-complementary

#AA5960 #59AA7A #5988AA

monochromatic

#5A2E32 #834348 #AA5960 #BF8187 #D3AAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#AA5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#AA5960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5960

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5960	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.106 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68a8d',
    500: '#aa5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5960;
$custom-light: #c68a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.815,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5619,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5960

secondary

#9DC1BE

accent

#C8BF5F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0F0

border

#D1CBCB

text

#130C0C

muted

#827D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5960

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

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