#AC2F40#AC2F40

#AC2F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.160 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2F40
RGB	rgb(172, 47, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.88, 51.29, 20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.88, 55.12, 21.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% 0.1529 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.16 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9571, 11.1766, 6.0086)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2F40 #2FAC9B

analogous

#AC2F7E #AC2F40 #AC5C2F

triadic

#AC2F40 #40AC2F #2F40AC

tetradic

#AC2F40 #7EAC2F #2FAC9B #5C2FAC

square

#AC2F40 #7EAC2F #2FAC9B #5C2FAC

split-complementary

#AC2F40 #2FAC5C #2F7EAC

monochromatic

#4C151C #7C222E #AC2F40 #CE4B5C #DB7B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#AC2F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#AC2F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2F40

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2F40	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 47, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.160 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7174',
    500: '#ac2f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2f40;
$custom-light: #cc7174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.84,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50168,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2F40

secondary

#74C3B8

accent

#E0CC47

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2F40

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

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