#AA6457#AA6457

#AA6457 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.093 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6457
RGB	rgb(170, 100, 87)
HSL	hsl(9, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 48.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 26.80, 19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 33.15, 36.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.0798 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.093 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8564, 18.3506, 11.3532)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6457 #579DAA

analogous

#AA5773 #AA6457 #AA8E57

triadic

#AA6457 #57AA64 #6457AA

tetradic

#AA6457 #73AA57 #579DAA #8E57AA

square

#AA6457 #73AA57 #579DAA #8E57AA

split-complementary

#AA6457 #57AA8E #5773AA

monochromatic

#59342D #824C42 #AA6457 #BF8980 #D3AFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#AA6457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#AA6457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6457

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6457	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 100, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.093 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69186',
    500: '#aa6457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6457;
$custom-light: #c69186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.398,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57841,
    "c": 0.09348,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6457

secondary

#9CBBC1

accent

#B8C95F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130D0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6457

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

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