#AC2E24#AC2E24

#AC2E24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.164 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2E24
RGB	rgb(172, 46, 36)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.34, 50.26, 36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.34, 62.04, 35.89°)
OKLab	oklab(49.63% 0.1437 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(49.63% 0.164 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3108, 10.8549, 2.7998)
Luminance	0.1085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2E24 #24A2AC

analogous

#AC245E #AC2E24 #AC7224

triadic

#AC2E24 #24AC2E #2E24AC

tetradic

#AC2E24 #5EAC24 #24A2AC #7224AC

square

#AC2E24 #5EAC24 #24A2AC #7224AC

split-complementary

#AC2E24 #24AC72 #245EAC

monochromatic

#47130F #792019 #AC2E24 #D54338 #E0736A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#AC2E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AC2E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2E24

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2E24	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 46, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.164 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7060',
    500: '#ac2e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2e24;
$custom-light: #cd7060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.412,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49633,
    "c": 0.16421,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2E24

secondary

#66BFC6

accent

#DCE83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2E24

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

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