#aa5e56

Color #aa5e56

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Indian Red #cd5c5c · ΔE 16.08 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 13.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aa5e56

RGB

rgb(170, 94, 86)

HSL

hsl(5.7, 33.1%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(5.7, 49.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 49.4%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(48.54, 30, 18.26)

LCH

lch(48.54, 35.12, 31.33)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.1005, 26.97)

HWB

hwb(5.7, 33.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56a2aa

Analogous

#aa5678

#aa5e56

#aa8856

Triadic

#aa5e56

#56aa5e

#5e56aa

Split-complementary

#aa5e56

#56aa88

#5678aa

Tetradic

#aa5e56

#a2aa56

#56a2aa

#5e56aa

Square

#aa5e56

#78aa56

#56a2aa

#8856aa

Shades

Color #aa5e56 mixed toward black.

#8e4e47

#723e39

#552f2b

#391f1d

#1c100e

Tints

Color #aa5e56 mixed toward white.

#b87972

#c6948e

#d5aeaa

#e3c9c7

#f1e4e3

Tones

Color #aa5e56 mixed toward gray.

#a3645d

#9c6964

#956f6b

#8e7572

#877a79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.44:1

White text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f58 · ΔE 33.2

Deuteranopia

#939858 · ΔE 36.5

Tritanopia

#a75a5a · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa5e56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa5e56]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#aa5e56 (#aa5e56) is rgb(170, 94, 86) in RGB.

No, #aa5e56 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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