#AC2C27#AC2C27

#AC2C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.165 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2C27
RGB	rgb(172, 44, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 77.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.11, 51.09, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.11, 61.61, 33.98°)
OKLab	oklab(49.47% 0.1469 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(49.47% 0.165 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2823, 10.7213, 3.0258)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2C27 #27A7AC

analogous

#AC2765 #AC2C27 #AC6F27

triadic

#AC2C27 #27AC2C #2C27AC

tetradic

#AC2C27 #65AC27 #27A7AC #6F27AC

square

#AC2C27 #65AC27 #27A7AC #6F27AC

split-complementary

#AC2C27 #27AC6F #2765AC

monochromatic

#481210 #7A1F1C #AC2C27 #D3433D #DE736F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#AC2C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#AC2C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2C27

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2C27	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)

#524A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 44, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.165 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6f62',
    500: '#ac2c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2c27;
$custom-light: #cd6f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.256,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49474,
    "c": 0.16549,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2C27

secondary

#6AC2C5

accent

#E0E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2C27

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

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