#AC2C2A#AC2C2A

#AC2C2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.165 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2C2A
RGB	rgb(172, 44, 42)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.14, 51.21, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.14, 60.78, 32.58°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% 0.148 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.165 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3340, 10.7420, 3.2981)
Luminance	0.1074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2C2A #2AAAAC

analogous

#AC2A69 #AC2C2A #AC6D2A

triadic

#AC2C2A #2AAC2C #2C2AAC

tetradic

#AC2C2A #69AC2A #2AAAAC #6D2AAC

square

#AC2C2A #69AC2A #2AAAAC #6D2AAC

split-complementary

#AC2C2A #2AAC6D #2A69AC

monochromatic

#4A1312 #7B1F1E #AC2C2A #D14442 #DD7573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#AC2C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#AC2C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2C2A

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2C2A	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 44, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.165 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6f64',
    500: '#ac2c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2c2a;
$custom-light: #cd6f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.923,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49511,
    "c": 0.16508,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2C2A

secondary

#6DC3C4

accent

#E1E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2C2A

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

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