#AC2E25#AC2E25

#AC2E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.164 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2E25
RGB	rgb(172, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 78.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.35, 50.30, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.35, 61.75, 35.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.144 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.164 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3263, 10.8610, 2.8813)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2E25 #25A3AC

analogous

#AC255F #AC2E25 #AC7125

triadic

#AC2E25 #25AC2E #2E25AC

tetradic

#AC2E25 #5FAC25 #25A3AC #7125AC

square

#AC2E25 #5FAC25 #25A3AC #7125AC

split-complementary

#AC2E25 #25AC71 #255FAC

monochromatic

#47130F #7A211A #AC2E25 #D5443A #DF746C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#AC2E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AC2E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2E25

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2E25	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)

#544B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.164 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7060',
    500: '#ac2e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2e25;
$custom-light: #cd7060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49645,
    "c": 0.16406,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2E25

secondary

#67BFC6

accent

#DCE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2E25

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

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