#AC2949#AC2949

#AC2949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.167 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AC2949
RGBrgb(172, 41, 73)
HSLhsl(345, 62%, 42%)
HSVhsv(345, 76%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.2%, 57.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(39.31, 54.00, 13.77)
CIE-LCHlch(39.31, 55.73, 14.30°)
OKLaboklab(49.81% 0.1632 0.0344)
OKLCHoklch(49.81% 0.167 11.9)
XYZxyz(19.0107, 10.8403, 7.3934)
Luminance0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AC2949 #29AC8C
analogous
#AC298A #AC2949 #AC4B29
triadic
#AC2949 #49AC29 #2949AC
tetradic
#AC2949 #8AAC29 #29AC8C #4B29AC
square
#AC2949 #8AAC29 #29AC8C #4B29AC
split-complementary
#AC2949 #29AC4B #298AAC
monochromatic
#49111F #7B1D34 #AC2949 #D24164 #DD728C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63
#AC2949 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17
#AC2949 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2949
6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AC2949#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AC29491.006.633.176.63
#FFFFFF6.631.0021.001.00
#0000003.1721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.631.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4C4B49
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E6646
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC0036
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ac2949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 41, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.167 11.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6f7b',
    500: '#ac2949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ac2949;
$custom-light: #cb6f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ac2949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.344,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49808,
    "c": 0.16679,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AC2949
secondary
#6CC5AF
accent
#E5BD43
background
#FDF7F7
surface
#FAEDED
border
#D3C8C8
text
#150809
muted
#837B7B

Preview Lab

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#AC2949 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva