#AC272A#AC272A

#AC272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.169 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC272A
RGB	rgb(172, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.3%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.54, 52.90, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.54, 61.86, 31.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.06% 0.1533 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(49.06% 0.169 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1588, 10.3917, 3.2397)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC272A #27ACA9

analogous

#AC276D #AC272A #AC6727

triadic

#AC272A #2AAC27 #272AAC

tetradic

#AC272A #6DAC27 #27ACA9 #6727AC

square

#AC272A #6DAC27 #27ACA9 #6727AC

split-complementary

#AC272A #27AC67 #276DAC

monochromatic

#481012 #7A1C1E #AC272A #D33D41 #DE6F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#AC272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#AC272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC272A

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC272A	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.169 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6d64',
    500: '#ac272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac272a;
$custom-light: #cd6d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.647,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4906,
    "c": 0.16925,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC272A

secondary

#6AC5C3

accent

#E6E242

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC272A

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

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