#AC383E#AC383E

#AC383E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.151 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC383E
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 62)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 64%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 47.60, 23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 52.89, 25.84°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% 0.1407 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.151 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2989, 11.9495, 5.8468)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC383E #38ACA6

analogous

#AC3878 #AC383E #AC6C38

triadic

#AC383E #3EAC38 #383EAC

tetradic

#AC383E #78AC38 #38ACA6 #6C38AC

square

#AC383E #78AC38 #38ACA6 #6C38AC

split-complementary

#AC383E #38AC6C #3878AC

monochromatic

#501A1D #7E292D #AC383E #C9585E #D8878B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#AC383E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AC383E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC383E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC383E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC383E	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57513D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD1C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac383e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.151 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7573',
    500: '#ac383e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac383e;
$custom-light: #cb7573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac383e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.897,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51095,
    "c": 0.15117,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC383E

secondary

#7EC2BE

accent

#DAD34D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC383E

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

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