#AC2C40#AC2C40

#AC2C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.163 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2C40
RGB	rgb(172, 44, 64)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.49, 52.37, 19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.49, 55.95, 20.60°)
OKLab	oklab(49.88% 0.1563 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(49.88% 0.163 17)
XYZ	xyz(18.8413, 10.9449, 5.9700)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2C40 #2CAC98

analogous

#AC2C80 #AC2C40 #AC582C

triadic

#AC2C40 #40AC2C #2C40AC

tetradic

#AC2C40 #80AC2C #2CAC98 #582CAC

square

#AC2C40 #80AC2C #2CAC98 #582CAC

split-complementary

#AC2C40 #2CAC58 #2C80AC

monochromatic

#4B131C #7B202E #AC2C40 #D0465B #DC7686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#AC2C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AC2C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2C40

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2C40	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 44, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.163 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7074',
    500: '#ac2c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2c40;
$custom-light: #cc7074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49879,
    "c": 0.16344,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.10942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2C40

secondary

#70C4B7

accent

#E2CA45

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2C40

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

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