#AC2A26#AC2A26

#AC2A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.167 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2A26
RGB	rgb(172, 42, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 77.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.85, 51.75, 34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.85, 62.32, 33.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.28% 0.1488 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(49.28% 0.167 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1932, 10.5694, 2.9155)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2A26 #26A8AC

analogous

#AC2665 #AC2A26 #AC6D26

triadic

#AC2A26 #26AC2A #2A26AC

tetradic

#AC2A26 #65AC26 #26A8AC #6D26AC

square

#AC2A26 #65AC26 #26A8AC #6D26AC

split-complementary

#AC2A26 #26AC6D #2665AC

monochromatic

#481210 #7A1E1B #AC2A26 #D4403B #DF716E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#AC2A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#AC2A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2A26

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2A26	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 42, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.167 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6e61',
    500: '#ac2a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2a26;
$custom-light: #ce6e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49275,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2A26

secondary

#68C3C5

accent

#E2E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2A26

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

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