#AC2F38#AC2F38

#AC2F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.161 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2F38
RGB	rgb(172, 47, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 50.81, 24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 56.62, 26.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.1497 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.161 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7456, 11.0920, 4.8945)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2F38 #2FACA3

analogous

#AC2F76 #AC2F38 #AC642F

triadic

#AC2F38 #38AC2F #2F38AC

tetradic

#AC2F38 #76AC2F #2FACA3 #642FAC

square

#AC2F38 #76AC2F #2FACA3 #642FAC

split-complementary

#AC2F38 #2FAC64 #2F76AC

monochromatic

#4C1519 #7C2228 #AC2F38 #CE4B54 #DB7B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#AC2F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#AC2F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2F38

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2F38	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 47, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.161 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc716e',
    500: '#ac2f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2f38;
$custom-light: #cc716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.68,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50017,
    "c": 0.16084,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2F38

secondary

#74C3BD

accent

#E0D547

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2F38

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

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