RED

Chinese Red

#AA381E

Conversions

HEX#AA381E

RGBrgb(170, 56, 30)

HSLhsl(11, 70%, 39%)

HSVhsv(11, 82%, 67%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 67%, 82%, 33%)

Copy CSS

color: #aa381e;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(170, 56, 30);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(11, 70%, 39%);

Contrast

On whitePass · 6.38 : 1

On ink blackFail · 3.00 : 1

Shades

Tints

Pairings

About Chinese Red

Chinese Red is the hex color #AA381E, which translates to rgb(170, 56, 30) in RGB and hsl(11, 70%, 39%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 11 degrees, with a saturation of 70 percent and a lightness of 39 percent. That combination gives Chinese Red a saturated mid tone: strong enough for buttons and links, still calm enough for larger areas.

How Chinese Red compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is firebrick (#B22222), a CIE76 distance of 11.0 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is orange-800 (#9F2D00), at a distance of 9.2. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Firebrick at 11.0. Sorted by lightness, Chinese Red is number 5 of the 18 red colors here.

Text on Chinese Red

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Chinese Red, led by White at 6.38:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Chinese Red already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Chinese Red. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	6.38:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	3.00:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.32:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	1.62:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	5.15:1	Pass	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Chinese Red

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Chinese Red for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Chinese Red

Format	Value
HEX	#AA381E
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 30)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 82%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 82%, 33%)
OKLCH	oklch(50.32% 0.1542 34.17)
CIELAB	lab(40.36 45.40 40.47)

Use Chinese Red in a tool

Nearby colors

Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.