#AC2C31#AC2C31

#AC2C31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.164 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2C31
RGB	rgb(172, 44, 49)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.24, 51.53, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.24, 58.96, 29.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% 0.1505 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.164 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4704, 10.7966, 4.0165)
Luminance	0.1079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2C31 #2CACA7

analogous

#AC2C71 #AC2C31 #AC672C

triadic

#AC2C31 #31AC2C #2C31AC

tetradic

#AC2C31 #71AC2C #2CACA7 #672CAC

square

#AC2C31 #71AC2C #2CACA7 #672CAC

split-complementary

#AC2C31 #2CAC67 #2C71AC

monochromatic

#4B1315 #7B2023 #AC2C31 #D0464B #DC767A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#AC2C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AC2C31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2C31

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2C31	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 44, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.164 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6f69',
    500: '#ac2c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2c31;
$custom-light: #cd6f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.656,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49611,
    "c": 0.16425,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2C31

secondary

#70C4C1

accent

#E2DC45

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2C31

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

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