#AC2B42#AC2B42

#AC2B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.164 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2B42
RGB	rgb(172, 43, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 52.84, 18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 55.93, 19.12°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.1583 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.164 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8624, 10.8945, 6.2628)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2B42 #2BAC95

analogous

#AC2B83 #AC2B42 #AC542B

triadic

#AC2B42 #42AC2B #2B42AC

tetradic

#AC2B42 #83AC2B #2BAC95 #542BAC

square

#AC2B42 #83AC2B #2BAC95 #542BAC

split-complementary

#AC2B42 #2BAC54 #2B83AC

monochromatic

#4A131C #7B1F2F #AC2B42 #D0445D #DC7587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#AC2B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AC2B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2B42

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2B42	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F673F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 43, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.164 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6f76',
    500: '#ac2b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2b42;
$custom-light: #cc6f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.302,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49828,
    "c": 0.16443,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2B42

secondary

#6FC4B5

accent

#E3C745

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2B42

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

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