#AC3142#AC3142

#AC3142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.158 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3142
RGB	rgb(172, 49, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 50.67, 19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 54.24, 20.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.1513 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.158 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0969, 11.3634, 6.3410)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3142 #31AC9B

analogous

#AC317F #AC3142 #AC5D31

triadic

#AC3142 #42AC31 #3142AC

tetradic

#AC3142 #7FAC31 #31AC9B #5D31AC

square

#AC3142 #7FAC31 #31AC9B #5D31AC

split-complementary

#AC3142 #31AC5D #317FAC

monochromatic

#4D161D #7C2330 #AC3142 #CC4E5F #DA7D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#AC3142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#AC3142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3142

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3142	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC0E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 49, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.158 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7276',
    500: '#ac3142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3142;
$custom-light: #cb7276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.707,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50411,
    "c": 0.15843,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3142

secondary

#76C3B8

accent

#DFCA49

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3142

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

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