#AC2E27#AC2E27

#AC2E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.164 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2E27
RGB	rgb(172, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 77.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.37, 50.37, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.37, 61.18, 34.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% 0.1447 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.164 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3586, 10.8740, 3.0513)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2E27 #27A5AC

analogous

#AC2763 #AC2E27 #AC7127

triadic

#AC2E27 #27AC2E #2E27AC

tetradic

#AC2E27 #63AC27 #27A5AC #7127AC

square

#AC2E27 #63AC27 #27A5AC #7127AC

split-complementary

#AC2E27 #27AC71 #2763AC

monochromatic

#481310 #7A211C #AC2E27 #D3453D #DE756F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#AC2E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AC2E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2E27

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2E27	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)

#534B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.164 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7062',
    500: '#ac2e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2e27;
$custom-light: #cd7062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49668,
    "c": 0.16376,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2E27

secondary

#6AC0C5

accent

#DDE642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2E27

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

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