#AC2D42#AC2D42

#AC2D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.162 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2D42
RGB	rgb(172, 45, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.65, 52.14, 18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.65, 55.38, 19.68°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.156 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.162 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9369, 11.0435, 6.2877)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2D42 #2DAC97

analogous

#AC2D81 #AC2D42 #AC582D

triadic

#AC2D42 #42AC2D #2D42AC

tetradic

#AC2D42 #81AC2D #2DAC97 #582DAC

square

#AC2D42 #81AC2D #2DAC97 #582DAC

split-complementary

#AC2D42 #2DAC58 #2D81AC

monochromatic

#4B141D #7B202F #AC2D42 #CF475E #DC7888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#AC2D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#AC2D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2D42

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2D42	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 45, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.162 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7076',
    500: '#ac2d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2d42;
$custom-light: #cc7076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.079,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50015,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2D42

secondary

#71C4B6

accent

#E2C846

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2D42

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

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