#AA6556#AA6556

#AA6556 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.093 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6556
RGB	rgb(170, 101, 86)
HSL	hsl(11, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 49.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 26.14, 20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 33.15, 37.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.0777 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.093 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9123, 18.5274, 11.1717)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6556 #569BAA

analogous

#AA5671 #AA6556 #AA8F56

triadic

#AA6556 #56AA65 #6556AA

tetradic

#AA6556 #71AA56 #569BAA #8F56AA

square

#AA6556 #71AA56 #569BAA #8F56AA

split-complementary

#AA6556 #56AA8F #5671AA

monochromatic

#59352D #824D41 #AA6556 #BE8A7F #D3AFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#AA6556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#AA6556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6556

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6556	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 101, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.093 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69285',
    500: '#aa6556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6556;
$custom-light: #c69285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57996,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6556

secondary

#9BBAC1

accent

#B6C95F

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F8F1EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6556

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

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