#AC2C35#AC2C35

#AC2C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.164 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2C35
RGB	rgb(172, 44, 53)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.30, 51.73, 26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.30, 58.02, 26.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.152 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.164 22)
XYZ	xyz(18.5586, 10.8319, 4.4810)
Luminance	0.1083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2C35 #2CACA3

analogous

#AC2C75 #AC2C35 #AC632C

triadic

#AC2C35 #35AC2C #2C35AC

tetradic

#AC2C35 #75AC2C #2CACA3 #632CAC

square

#AC2C35 #75AC2C #2CACA3 #632CAC

split-complementary

#AC2C35 #2CAC63 #2C75AC

monochromatic

#4B1317 #7B2026 #AC2C35 #D0464F #DC767E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#AC2C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AC2C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2C35

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2C35	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 44, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.164 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6f6c',
    500: '#ac2c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2c35;
$custom-light: #cc6f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.781,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49675,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.10829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2C35

secondary

#70C4BE

accent

#E2D745

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2C35

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

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