#AC3522#AC3522

#AC3522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.158 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3522
RGB	rgb(172, 53, 34)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 80.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.30, 47.48, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.30, 61.10, 39.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% 0.1346 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.158 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5772, 11.4352, 2.7421)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3522 #2299AC

analogous

#AC2254 #AC3522 #AC7A22

triadic

#AC3522 #22AC35 #3522AC

tetradic

#AC3522 #54AC22 #2299AC #7A22AC

square

#AC3522 #54AC22 #2299AC #7A22AC

split-complementary

#AC3522 #22AC7A #2254AC

monochromatic

#46160E #792518 #AC3522 #D74B34 #E17867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#AC3522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#AC3522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3522

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3522	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE0A32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 53, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.158 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd735f',
    500: '#ac3522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3522;
$custom-light: #cd735f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.261,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50352,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3522

secondary

#63B9C7

accent

#D2EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3522

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

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