#AC2E23#AC2E23

#AC2E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.164 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2E23
RGB	rgb(172, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.32, 50.23, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.32, 62.34, 36.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.62% 0.1434 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(49.62% 0.164 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2958, 10.8488, 2.7205)
Luminance	0.1085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2E23 #23A1AC

analogous

#AC235C #AC2E23 #AC7323

triadic

#AC2E23 #23AC2E #2E23AC

tetradic

#AC2E23 #5CAC23 #23A1AC #7323AC

square

#AC2E23 #5CAC23 #23A1AC #7323AC

split-complementary

#AC2E23 #23AC73 #235CAC

monochromatic

#46130E #792019 #AC2E23 #D64336 #E07369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#AC2E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AC2E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2E23

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2E23	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)

#544B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.164 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce705f',
    500: '#ac2e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2e23;
$custom-light: #ce705f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.818,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49622,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2E23

secondary

#64BEC6

accent

#DBE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2E23

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

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