#AC3829#AC3829

#AC3829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.154 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3829
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 41)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 46.50, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 58.29, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.133 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.154 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8298, 11.7619, 3.3762)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3829 #299DAC

analogous

#AC295C #AC3829 #AC7A29

triadic

#AC3829 #29AC38 #3829AC

tetradic

#AC3829 #5CAC29 #299DAC #7A29AC

square

#AC3829 #5CAC29 #299DAC #7A29AC

split-complementary

#AC3829 #29AC7A #295CAC

monochromatic

#491811 #7B281D #AC3829 #D25141 #DD7E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#AC3829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#AC3829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3829

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3829	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD1535

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.154 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7564',
    500: '#ac3829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3829;
$custom-light: #cd7564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.87,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50774,
    "c": 0.15426,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3829

secondary

#6CBAC5

accent

#D2E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3829

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

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