#AC2A38#AC2A38

#AC2A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.166 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2A38
RGB	rgb(172, 42, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.10, 52.58, 24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.10, 57.88, 24.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% 0.1554 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.166 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5571, 10.7149, 4.8317)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2A38 #2AAC9E

analogous

#AC2A79 #AC2A38 #AC5D2A

triadic

#AC2A38 #38AC2A #2A38AC

tetradic

#AC2A38 #79AC2A #2AAC9E #5D2AAC

square

#AC2A38 #79AC2A #2AAC9E #5D2AAC

split-complementary

#AC2A38 #2AAC5D #2A79AC

monochromatic

#4A1218 #7B1E28 #AC2A38 #D14252 #DD737F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#AC2A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#AC2A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2A38

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2A38	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 42, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.166 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6f6e',
    500: '#ac2a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2a38;
$custom-light: #cc6f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.538,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49542,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2A38

secondary

#6DC4BB

accent

#E4D344

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2A38

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →