#AC2E44#AC2E44

#AC2E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.162 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2E44
RGB	rgb(172, 46, 68)
HSL	hsl(350, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 60.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.82, 51.92, 17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.82, 54.83, 18.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% 0.1557 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.162 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0355, 11.1447, 6.6165)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2E44 #2EAC96

analogous

#AC2E83 #AC2E44 #AC572E

triadic

#AC2E44 #44AC2E #2E44AC

tetradic

#AC2E44 #83AC2E #2EAC96 #572EAC

square

#AC2E44 #83AC2E #2EAC96 #572EAC

split-complementary

#AC2E44 #2EAC57 #2E83AC

monochromatic

#4B141E #7C2131 #AC2E44 #CE4960 #DB798A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#AC2E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#AC2E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2E44

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2E44	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC0537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 46, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.162 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7177',
    500: '#ac2e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2e44;
$custom-light: #cb7177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.524,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50154,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2E44

secondary

#72C3B5

accent

#E1C647

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2E44

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

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