#AC3841#AC3841

#AC3841 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.151 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3841
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 65)
HSL	hsl(355, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 62.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 47.80, 21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 52.32, 24.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.142 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.151 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3835, 11.9833, 6.2923)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3841 #38ACA3

analogous

#AC387B #AC3841 #AC6938

triadic

#AC3841 #41AC38 #3841AC

tetradic

#AC3841 #7BAC38 #38ACA3 #6938AC

square

#AC3841 #7BAC38 #38ACA3 #6938AC

split-complementary

#AC3841 #38AC69 #387BAC

monochromatic

#501A1E #7E2930 #AC3841 #C95861 #D8878D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#AC3841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#AC3841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3841

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3841	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC1D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.151 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7575',
    500: '#ac3841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3841;
$custom-light: #cb7575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.345,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51153,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3841

secondary

#7EC2BD

accent

#DACF4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3841

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

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