#AC2C28#AC2C28

#AC2C28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.165 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2C28
RGB	rgb(172, 44, 40)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.12, 51.13, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.12, 61.33, 33.52°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% 0.1473 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.165 27)
XYZ	xyz(18.2991, 10.7281, 3.1143)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2C28 #28A8AC

analogous

#AC2866 #AC2C28 #AC6E28

triadic

#AC2C28 #28AC2C #2C28AC

tetradic

#AC2C28 #66AC28 #28A8AC #6E28AC

square

#AC2C28 #66AC28 #28A8AC #6E28AC

split-complementary

#AC2C28 #28AC6E #2866AC

monochromatic

#491311 #7A1F1C #AC2C28 #D2433F #DE7471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#AC2C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#AC2C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2C28

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2C28	1.00	6.68	3.15	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 44, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.165 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6f62',
    500: '#ac2c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2c28;
$custom-light: #cd6f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49486,
    "c": 0.16535,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.10725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2C28

secondary

#6BC2C5

accent

#E0E542

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2C28

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

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