#AC232A#AC232A

#AC232A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.172 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC232A
RGB	rgb(172, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.10, 54.14, 31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.10, 62.66, 30.24°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% 0.1572 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.172 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0343, 10.1428, 3.1982)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC232A #23ACA5

analogous

#AC236F #AC232A #AC6023

triadic

#AC232A #2AAC23 #232AAC

tetradic

#AC232A #6FAC23 #23ACA5 #6023AC

square

#AC232A #6FAC23 #23ACA5 #6023AC

split-complementary

#AC232A #23AC60 #236FAC

monochromatic

#460E11 #79191E #AC232A #D6363E #E0696F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#AC232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#AC232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC232A

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC232A	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.172 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6b64',
    500: '#ac232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac232a;
$custom-light: #ce6b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.934,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48734,
    "c": 0.17236,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC232A

secondary

#64C6C1

accent

#E9E03F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC232A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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