#AC2420#AC2420

#AC2420 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.173 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2420
RGB	rgb(172, 36, 32)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 81.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.09, 53.48, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.09, 65.23, 34.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.69% 0.153 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(48.69% 0.173 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9070, 10.1396, 2.3805)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2420 #20A8AC

analogous

#AC2062 #AC2420 #AC6A20

triadic

#AC2420 #20AC24 #2420AC

tetradic

#AC2420 #62AC20 #20A8AC #6A20AC

square

#AC2420 #62AC20 #20A8AC #6A20AC

split-complementary

#AC2420 #20AC6A #2062AC

monochromatic

#450E0D #781916 #AC2420 #D93531 #E26864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#AC2420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#AC2420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2420

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2420	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)

#4F471E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 36, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.173 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6c5d',
    500: '#ac2420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2420;
$custom-light: #ce6c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48694,
    "c": 0.17276,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2420

secondary

#60C4C7

accent

#E6EB3C

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FCECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160704

muted

#847A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2420

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

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