#AC2842#AC2842

#AC2842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.167 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2842
RGB	rgb(172, 40, 66)
HSL	hsl(348, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.04, 53.85, 17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.04, 56.73, 18.33°)
OKLab	oklab(49.56% 0.1615 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(49.56% 0.167 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7574, 10.6844, 6.2278)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2842 #28AC92

analogous

#AC2884 #AC2842 #AC5028

triadic

#AC2842 #42AC28 #2842AC

tetradic

#AC2842 #84AC28 #28AC92 #5028AC

square

#AC2842 #84AC28 #28AC92 #5028AC

split-complementary

#AC2842 #28AC50 #2884AC

monochromatic

#49111C #7A1C2F #AC2842 #D23F5C #DE7186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#AC2842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#AC2842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2842

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2842	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E663E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 40, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.167 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6e76',
    500: '#ac2842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2842;
$custom-light: #cc6e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.182,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49563,
    "c": 0.16724,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2842

secondary

#6BC5B3

accent

#E5C542

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2842

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

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