#AC342C#AC342C

#AC342C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.158 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC342C
RGB	rgb(172, 52, 44)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.26, 48.28, 32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.26, 58.37, 34.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% 0.1391 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.158 28)
XYZ	xyz(18.6980, 11.4113, 3.6004)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC342C #2CA4AC

analogous

#AC2C64 #AC342C #AC742C

triadic

#AC342C #2CAC34 #342CAC

tetradic

#AC342C #64AC2C #2CA4AC #742CAC

square

#AC342C #64AC2C #2CA4AC #742CAC

split-complementary

#AC342C #2CAC74 #2C64AC

monochromatic

#4B1713 #7B2520 #AC342C #D04E46 #DC7D76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#AC342C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#AC342C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC342C

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC342C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC342C	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)

#564E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0B33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac342c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 52, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.158 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7366',
    500: '#ac342c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac342c;
$custom-light: #cd7366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac342c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50357,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.11408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC342C

secondary

#70BFC4

accent

#D9E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC342C

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

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