#AC2E26#AC2E26

#AC2E26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.164 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2E26
RGB	rgb(172, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 77.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.36, 50.34, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.36, 61.46, 35.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.1444 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.164 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3422, 10.8674, 2.9652)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2E26 #26A4AC

analogous

#AC2661 #AC2E26 #AC7126

triadic

#AC2E26 #26AC2E #2E26AC

tetradic

#AC2E26 #61AC26 #26A4AC #7126AC

square

#AC2E26 #61AC26 #26A4AC #7126AC

split-complementary

#AC2E26 #26AC71 #2661AC

monochromatic

#481310 #7A211B #AC2E26 #D4453B #DF746E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#AC2E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AC2E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2E26

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2E26	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)

#544B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.164 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7061',
    500: '#ac2e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2e26;
$custom-light: #cd7061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.582,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49656,
    "c": 0.16391,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2E26

secondary

#68C0C5

accent

#DDE741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2E26

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

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