#AC2C20#AC2C20

#AC2C20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.167 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2C20
RGB	rgb(172, 44, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 81.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.03, 50.85, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.03, 63.64, 36.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.1447 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.167 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1768, 10.6792, 2.4704)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2C20 #20A0AC

analogous

#AC205A #AC2C20 #AC7220

triadic

#AC2C20 #20AC2C #2C20AC

tetradic

#AC2C20 #5AAC20 #20A0AC #7220AC

square

#AC2C20 #5AAC20 #20A0AC #7220AC

split-complementary

#AC2C20 #20AC72 #205AAC

monochromatic

#45120D #781F16 #AC2C20 #D93F31 #E26F64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#AC2C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#AC2C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2C20

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2C20	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73661A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 44, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.167 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f5d',
    500: '#ac2c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2c20;
$custom-light: #ce6f5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49397,
    "c": 0.1665,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2C20

secondary

#60BFC7

accent

#DCEB3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2C20

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

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