#AC3240#AC3240

#AC3240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.157 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3240
RGB	rgb(172, 50, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 50.15, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 54.27, 22.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% 0.1493 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.157 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0812, 11.4248, 6.0499)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3240 #32AC9E

analogous

#AC327D #AC3240 #AC6132

triadic

#AC3240 #40AC32 #3240AC

tetradic

#AC3240 #7DAC32 #32AC9E #6132AC

square

#AC3240 #7DAC32 #32AC9E #6132AC

split-complementary

#AC3240 #32AC61 #327DAC

monochromatic

#4D161D #7D242E #AC3240 #CC4F5E #DA7F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#AC3240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#AC3240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3240

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3240	1.00	6.39	3.28	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72683D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 50, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.157 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7274',
    500: '#ac3240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3240;
$custom-light: #cb7274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.115,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50473,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3240

secondary

#77C3BA

accent

#DECD4A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3240

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

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