#AC3549#AC3549

#AC3549 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.154 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3549
RGB	rgb(172, 53, 73)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 57.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.90, 49.60, 15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.90, 52.09, 17.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.1491 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.154 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4908, 11.8006, 7.5534)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3549 #35AC98

analogous

#AC3585 #AC3549 #AC5D35

triadic

#AC3549 #49AC35 #3549AC

tetradic

#AC3549 #85AC35 #35AC98 #5D35AC

square

#AC3549 #85AC35 #35AC98 #5D35AC

split-complementary

#AC3549 #35AC5D #3585AC

monochromatic

#4E1821 #7D2735 #AC3549 #CA5468 #D98391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#AC3549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#AC3549 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3549

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3549	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC1A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 53, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.154 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb747b',
    500: '#ac3549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3549;
$custom-light: #cb747b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.916,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50987,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3549

secondary

#7BC2B6

accent

#DCC44C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3549

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

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