#AC3042#AC3042

#AC3042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.159 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3042
RGB	rgb(172, 48, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.05, 51.05, 19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.05, 54.53, 20.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.31% 0.1525 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(50.31% 0.159 17)
XYZ	xyz(19.0555, 11.2806, 6.3272)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3042 #30AC9A

analogous

#AC3080 #AC3042 #AC5C30

triadic

#AC3042 #42AC30 #3042AC

tetradic

#AC3042 #80AC30 #30AC9A #5C30AC

square

#AC3042 #80AC30 #30AC9A #5C30AC

split-complementary

#AC3042 #30AC5C #3080AC

monochromatic

#4C151D #7C2330 #AC3042 #CD4C5F #DA7C8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#AC3042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#AC3042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3042

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3042	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 48, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.159 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7276',
    500: '#ac3042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3042;
$custom-light: #cb7276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.29,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50309,
    "c": 0.15946,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.11278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3042

secondary

#75C3B8

accent

#E0CA48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3042

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

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