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#aa5555

a balanced, soft red · warm · closest name: sienna

RGB
170, 85, 85
HSL
0°, 33%, 50%
CMYK
0, 50, 50, 33
Luminance
0.1570

Every format

HEX#aa5555
RGBrgb(170, 85, 85)
HSLhsl(0, 33%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 50%, 50%, 33%)
LABlab(46.6 34.8 16.2)
LCHlch(46.6 38.4 25.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.553 0.112 21.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aa5555;
background-color: #aa5555;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aa5555] bg-[#aa5555]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aa5555;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.667, green: 0.333, blue: 0.333)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aa5555")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aa5555 on white: 5.07:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aa5555 on black: 4.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red66.7%
Green33.3%
Blue33.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta50.0%
Yellow50.0%
Key (black)33.3%

Color previews

#aa5555 text on a black background

contrast 4.14:1

Card sample

#aa5555 text on a white background

contrast 5.07:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aa5555;
Background color
Panel with #aa5555 background
background-color: #aa5555;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aa5555;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(170, 85, 85, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(170, 85, 85, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aa5555;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa5555, #AA8E55);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aa5555

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aa5555 in the Color Lab