#AC321E#AC321E

#AC321E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.162 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC321E
RGB	rgb(172, 50, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 82.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.83, 48.55, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.83, 62.96, 39.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% 0.1372 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.162 32)
XYZ	xyz(18.3904, 11.1484, 2.4116)
Luminance	0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC321E #1E98AC

analogous

#AC1E51 #AC321E #AC791E

triadic

#AC321E #1EAC32 #321EAC

tetradic

#AC321E #51AC1E #1E98AC #791EAC

square

#AC321E #51AC1E #1E98AC #791EAC

split-complementary

#AC321E #1EAC79 #1E51AC

monochromatic

#44140C #782315 #AC321E #DA452D #E37361

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#AC321E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#AC321E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC321E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC321E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC321E	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)

#564D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac321e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 50, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.162 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce725c',
    500: '#ac321e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac321e;
$custom-light: #ce725c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac321e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.451,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49985,
    "c": 0.1617,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.11146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC321E

secondary

#5EB9C8

accent

#D4ED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC321E

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

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