#AC2E45#AC2E45

#AC2E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.162 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2E45
RGB	rgb(172, 46, 69)
HSL	hsl(349, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(349, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 59.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.84, 51.99, 17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.84, 54.70, 18.12°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% 0.1561 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.162 15)
XYZ	xyz(19.0663, 11.1570, 6.7786)
Luminance	0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2E45 #2EAC95

analogous

#AC2E84 #AC2E45 #AC562E

triadic

#AC2E45 #45AC2E #2E45AC

tetradic

#AC2E45 #84AC2E #2EAC95 #562EAC

square

#AC2E45 #84AC2E #2EAC95 #562EAC

split-complementary

#AC2E45 #2EAC56 #2E84AC

monochromatic

#4B141E #7C2132 #AC2E45 #CE4961 #DB798B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#AC2E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#AC2E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2E45

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2E45	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)

#504D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC0638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 46, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.162 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7178',
    500: '#ac2e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2e45;
$custom-light: #cb7178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.048,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50176,
    "c": 0.16157,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.11154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2E45

secondary

#72C3B5

accent

#E1C547

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2E45

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

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