#AC3822#AC3822

#AC3822 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.156 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3822
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 34)
HSL	hsl(10, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 80.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, 46.23, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 60.43, 40.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.7% 0.1307 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(50.7% 0.156 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7183, 11.7173, 2.7891)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3822 #2296AC

analogous

#AC2251 #AC3822 #AC7D22

triadic

#AC3822 #22AC38 #3822AC

tetradic

#AC3822 #51AC22 #2296AC #7D22AC

square

#AC3822 #51AC22 #2296AC #7D22AC

split-complementary

#AC3822 #22AC7D #2251AC

monochromatic

#46170E #792718 #AC3822 #D74E34 #E17B67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#AC3822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#AC3822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3822

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3822	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE1434

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.156 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd755f',
    500: '#ac3822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3822;
$custom-light: #cd755f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.565,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50697,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3822

secondary

#63B7C7

accent

#CEEA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3822

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

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