Rust Red #AA2704

About this color

#AA2704 is a medium-dark, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 48%, its chroma 0.172 and its hue 34°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Rust Red. White text reads best on it, at 6.99:1.

Colors that go with Rust Red

Matches found by rotating Rust Red around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Rust Red

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Rust Red, closest first.

• Milkshake and Pinstripe
• Chrome and Cadillac
• Cardamom Bazaar
• Gravestone Feast
• Cauldron Feast
• Harvest Season
• Quince Fireside
• Russet Fireside

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Rust Red, with their ΔE distance.

• Rufous #AE2012 ΔE 0.014
• Rusty Red #AF2F0D ΔE 0.017
• Burnt Red #9F2305 ΔE 0.025
• Firebrick #B22222 ΔE 0.026
• Brown #A52A2A ΔE 0.027
• Brick #A03623 ΔE 0.028
• Russet #A13905 ΔE 0.031
• Auburn #9B2226 ΔE 0.042

More about Rust Red

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Rust Red

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts red
• 3 parts brown
• 1 part orange

Recipe result: #A5352C, a difference of ΔE 0.029 from Rust Red. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Rust Red in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Rust Red

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 700.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FDF3F1

   oklch(97.1% 0.011 31.1)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F9E5DF

   oklch(93.6% 0.023 37.4)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F6CFC5

   oklch(88.5% 0.046 34.7)

4. Step 300

   300

   #F1AE9D

   oklch(81% 0.083 34.8)

5. Step 400

   400

   #E77F68

   oklch(70.7% 0.133 33.5)

6. Step 500

   500

   #DD5A3D

   oklch(63.2% 0.17 34)

7. Step 600

   600

   #C83918

   oklch(55.6% 0.185 33.9)

8. Step 700

   700 (this color)

   #AA2704

   oklch(48.4% 0.172 33.9)

9. Step 800

   800

   #8C250D

   oklch(42.7% 0.142 33.9)

10. Step 900

    900

    #712514

    oklch(37.8% 0.111 34.1)

11. Step 950

    950

    #42170D

    oklch(27% 0.07 34.5)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Rust Red with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.