#AC3524#AC3524

#AC3524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.158 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3524
RGB	rgb(172, 53, 36)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.32, 47.55, 37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.32, 60.49, 38.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% 0.1352 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.158 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6069, 11.4470, 2.8985)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3524 #249BAC

analogous

#AC2457 #AC3524 #AC7924

triadic

#AC3524 #24AC35 #3524AC

tetradic

#AC3524 #57AC24 #249BAC #7924AC

square

#AC3524 #57AC24 #249BAC #7924AC

split-complementary

#AC3524 #24AC79 #2457AC

monochromatic

#47160F #792519 #AC3524 #D54C38 #E0796A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#AC3524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#AC3524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3524

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3524	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)

#584E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE0B32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 53, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.158 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7360',
    500: '#ac3524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3524;
$custom-light: #cd7360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50373,
    "c": 0.15798,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3524

secondary

#66BAC6

accent

#D3E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3524

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

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