#AC2C42#AC2C42

#AC2C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.163 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2C42
RGB	rgb(172, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.53, 52.50, 18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.53, 55.66, 19.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% 0.1571 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.163 16)
XYZ	xyz(18.8992, 10.9681, 6.2751)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2C42 #2CAC96

analogous

#AC2C82 #AC2C42 #AC562C

triadic

#AC2C42 #42AC2C #2C42AC

tetradic

#AC2C42 #82AC2C #2CAC96 #562CAC

square

#AC2C42 #82AC2C #2CAC96 #562CAC

split-complementary

#AC2C42 #2CAC56 #2C82AC

monochromatic

#4B131D #7B202F #AC2C42 #D0465D #DC7688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#AC2C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AC2C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2C42

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2C42	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.163 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7076',
    500: '#ac2c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2c42;
$custom-light: #cc7076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.688,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49921,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.10965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2C42

secondary

#70C4B5

accent

#E2C745

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2C42

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

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