#AC342B#AC342B

#AC342B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.158 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC342B
RGB	rgb(172, 52, 43)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 48.23, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 58.66, 34.69°)
OKLab	oklab(50.34% 0.1388 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(50.34% 0.158 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6794, 11.4038, 3.5026)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC342B #2BA3AC

analogous

#AC2B63 #AC342B #AC752B

triadic

#AC342B #2BAC34 #342BAC

tetradic

#AC342B #63AC2B #2BA3AC #752BAC

square

#AC342B #63AC2B #2BA3AC #752BAC

split-complementary

#AC342B #2BAC75 #2B63AC

monochromatic

#4A1613 #7B251F #AC342B #D04E44 #DC7C75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#AC342B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#AC342B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC342B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC342B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC342B	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac342b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 52, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.158 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7365',
    500: '#ac342b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac342b;
$custom-light: #cd7365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac342b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.186,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50344,
    "c": 0.15769,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC342B

secondary

#6FBEC4

accent

#D8E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC342B

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

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