#AA7972#AA7972

#AA7972 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.063 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7972
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(8, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 32.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 18.17, 11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 21.48, 32.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.0554 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.063 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4530, 23.4373, 19.0469)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7972 #72A3AA

analogous

#AA7287 #AA7972 #AA9572

triadic

#AA7972 #72AA79 #7972AA

tetradic

#AA7972 #87AA72 #72A3AA #9572AA

square

#AA7972 #87AA72 #72A3AA #9572AA

split-complementary

#AA7972 #72AA95 #7287AA

monochromatic

#65423D #8B5B54 #AA7972 #C19D98 #D8C2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#AA7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#AA7972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7972

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7972	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.063 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a09a',
    500: '#aa7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7972;
$custom-light: #c4a09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62344,
    "c": 0.06284,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7972

secondary

#B0C5C8

accent

#B6C167

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7972

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

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