#AC2C26#AC2C26

#AC2C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.166 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2C26
RGB	rgb(172, 44, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 77.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.10, 51.06, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.10, 61.90, 34.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% 0.1466 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.166 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2659, 10.7148, 2.9397)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2C26 #26A6AC

analogous

#AC2663 #AC2C26 #AC6F26

triadic

#AC2C26 #26AC2C #2C26AC

tetradic

#AC2C26 #63AC26 #26A6AC #6F26AC

square

#AC2C26 #63AC26 #26A6AC #6F26AC

split-complementary

#AC2C26 #26AC6F #2663AC

monochromatic

#481210 #7A1F1B #AC2C26 #D4423B #DF736E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#AC2C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#AC2C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2C26

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2C26	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)

#524A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 44, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.166 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6f61',
    500: '#ac2c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2c26;
$custom-light: #cd6f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.687,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49462,
    "c": 0.16563,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2C26

secondary

#68C1C5

accent

#DFE741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2C26

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

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