#AC3526#AC3526

#AC3526 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.158 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3526
RGB	rgb(172, 53, 38)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 77.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.34, 47.62, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.34, 59.89, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.4% 0.1359 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(50.4% 0.158 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6383, 11.4596, 3.0639)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3526 #269DAC

analogous

#AC265A #AC3526 #AC7826

triadic

#AC3526 #26AC35 #3526AC

tetradic

#AC3526 #5AAC26 #269DAC #7826AC

square

#AC3526 #5AAC26 #269DAC #7826AC

split-complementary

#AC3526 #26AC78 #265AAC

monochromatic

#481610 #7A261B #AC3526 #D44C3B #DF7A6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#AC3526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#AC3526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3526

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3526	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD0C32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 53, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.158 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7361',
    500: '#ac3526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3526;
$custom-light: #cd7361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.716,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50395,
    "c": 0.15762,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3526

secondary

#68BBC5

accent

#D4E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3526

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

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