#AC2E40#AC2E40

#AC2E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.161 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2E40
RGB	rgb(172, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(351, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.74, 51.65, 20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.74, 55.40, 21.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% 0.1541 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.161 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9176, 11.0976, 5.9954)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2E40 #2EAC9A

analogous

#AC2E7F #AC2E40 #AC5B2E

triadic

#AC2E40 #40AC2E #2E40AC

tetradic

#AC2E40 #7FAC2E #2EAC9A #5B2EAC

square

#AC2E40 #7FAC2E #2EAC9A #5B2EAC

split-complementary

#AC2E40 #2EAC5B #2E7FAC

monochromatic

#4B141C #7C212E #AC2E40 #CE495C #DB7987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#AC2E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#AC2E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2E40

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2E40	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.161 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7174',
    500: '#ac2e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2e40;
$custom-light: #cc7174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5007,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2E40

secondary

#72C3B8

accent

#E1CB47

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2E40

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

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