#AC3227#AC3227

#AC3227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.160 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3227
RGB	rgb(172, 50, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 77.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.92, 48.86, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.92, 60.28, 35.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.1399 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.16 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5222, 11.2011, 3.1058)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3227 #27A1AC

analogous

#AC275F #AC3227 #AC7527

triadic

#AC3227 #27AC32 #3227AC

tetradic

#AC3227 #5FAC27 #27A1AC #7527AC

square

#AC3227 #5FAC27 #27A1AC #7527AC

split-complementary

#AC3227 #27AC75 #275FAC

monochromatic

#481510 #7A231C #AC3227 #D34A3D #DE786F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#AC3227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#AC3227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3227

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3227	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 50, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.160 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7262',
    500: '#ac3227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3227;
$custom-light: #cd7262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.962,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50079,
    "c": 0.1602,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3227

secondary

#6ABEC5

accent

#D8E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3227

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

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