#AA5E53#AA5E53

#AA5E53 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.101 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5E53
RGB	rgb(170, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(8, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 51.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 29.71, 19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 35.79, 33.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.0883 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.101 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1431, 17.1782, 10.3315)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5E53 #539FAA

analogous

#AA5374 #AA5E53 #AA8A53

triadic

#AA5E53 #53AA5E #5E53AA

tetradic

#AA5E53 #74AA53 #539FAA #8A53AA

square

#AA5E53 #74AA53 #539FAA #8A53AA

split-complementary

#AA5E53 #53AA8A #5374AA

monochromatic

#58312B #81473F #AA5E53 #BF847B #D3AAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AA5E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AA5E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5E53

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5E53	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.101 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78d83',
    500: '#aa5e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5e53;
$custom-light: #c78d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.586,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56717,
    "c": 0.10125,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5E53

secondary

#99BBC0

accent

#BDCA5D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#130C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5E53

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

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