#AC2843#AC2843

#AC2843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.167 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2843
RGB	rgb(172, 40, 67)
HSL	hsl(348, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 61%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.06, 53.91, 17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.06, 56.60, 17.73°)
OKLab	oklab(49.58% 0.1619 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(49.58% 0.167 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7871, 10.6963, 6.3844)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2843 #28AC91

analogous

#AC2885 #AC2843 #AC4F28

triadic

#AC2843 #43AC28 #2843AC

tetradic

#AC2843 #85AC28 #28AC91 #4F28AC

square

#AC2843 #85AC28 #28AC91 #4F28AC

split-complementary

#AC2843 #28AC4F #2885AC

monochromatic

#49111C #7A1C30 #AC2843 #D23F5D #DE7187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#AC2843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#AC2843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2843

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2843	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E663F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 40, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.167 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6e76',
    500: '#ac2843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2843;
$custom-light: #cc6e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.727,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49584,
    "c": 0.16728,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2843

secondary

#6BC5B2

accent

#E5C442

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2843

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

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