#AC2E42#AC2E42

#AC2E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.161 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2E42
RGB	rgb(172, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.78, 51.78, 18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.78, 55.10, 19.97°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% 0.1548 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.161 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9755, 11.1207, 6.3005)
Luminance	0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2E42 #2EAC98

analogous

#AC2E81 #AC2E42 #AC592E

triadic

#AC2E42 #42AC2E #2E42AC

tetradic

#AC2E42 #81AC2E #2EAC98 #592EAC

square

#AC2E42 #81AC2E #2EAC98 #592EAC

split-complementary

#AC2E42 #2EAC59 #2E81AC

monochromatic

#4B141D #7C212F #AC2E42 #CE495E #DB7989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#AC2E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#AC2E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2E42

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2E42	1.00	6.51	3.22	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.161 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7176',
    500: '#ac2e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2e42;
$custom-light: #cc7176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.476,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50111,
    "c": 0.16149,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2E42

secondary

#72C3B7

accent

#E1C947

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2E42

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

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