#AC2D38#AC2D38

#AC2D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.163 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2D38
RGB	rgb(172, 45, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 51.53, 24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 57.13, 25.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.82% 0.152 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(49.82% 0.163 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6675, 10.9357, 4.8685)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2D38 #2DACA1

analogous

#AC2D78 #AC2D38 #AC612D

triadic

#AC2D38 #38AC2D #2D38AC

tetradic

#AC2D38 #78AC2D #2DACA1 #612DAC

square

#AC2D38 #78AC2D #2DACA1 #612DAC

split-complementary

#AC2D38 #2DAC61 #2D78AC

monochromatic

#4B1418 #7B2028 #AC2D38 #CF4753 #DC7880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#AC2D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AC2D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2D38

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2D38	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)

#514C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 45, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.163 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc706e',
    500: '#ac2d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2d38;
$custom-light: #cc706e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.803,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49821,
    "c": 0.16274,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2D38

secondary

#71C4BC

accent

#E2D446

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2D38

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

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