#aa2b27

Color #aa2b27

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Brown #a52a2a · ΔE 3.57 Nearest Tailwind class red-800 #9f0712 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#aa2b27

RGB

rgb(170, 43, 39)

HSL

hsl(1.8, 62.7%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(1.8, 77.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 77.1%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(38.59, 50.81, 33.76)

LCH

lch(38.59, 61, 33.6)

OKLCH

oklch(49%, 0.1643, 27.08)

HWB

hwb(1.8, 15.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#27a6aa

Analogous

#aa2765

#aa2b27

#aa6c27

Triadic

#aa2b27

#27aa2b

#2b27aa

Split-complementary

#aa2b27

#27aa6c

#2765aa

Tetradic

#aa2b27

#a6aa27

#27a6aa

#2b27aa

Square

#aa2b27

#65aa27

#27a6aa

#6c27aa

Shades

Color #aa2b27 mixed toward black.

#8e2420

#711d1a

#551513

#390e0d

#1c0706

Tints

Color #aa2b27 mixed toward white.

#d03833

#da605c

#e38785

#ecafad

#f6d7d6

Tones

Color #aa2b27 mixed toward gray.

#9f3532

#943f3d

#894a48

#7e5453

#735e5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.08:1

White text reads better on this background (6.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868528 · ΔE 44.9

Deuteranopia

#8c9228 · ΔE 49.7

Tritanopia

#a62929 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa2b27;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa2b27]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#aa2b27 (#aa2b27) is rgb(170, 43, 39) in RGB.

No, #aa2b27 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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