#AC3849#AC3849

#AC3849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.151 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3849
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 73)
HSL	hsl(351, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 57.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 48.37, 16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 51.12, 18.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% 0.1452 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.151 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6318, 12.0827, 7.6005)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3849 #38AC9B

analogous

#AC3883 #AC3849 #AC6138

triadic

#AC3849 #49AC38 #3849AC

tetradic

#AC3849 #83AC38 #38AC9B #6138AC

square

#AC3849 #83AC38 #38AC9B #6138AC

split-complementary

#AC3849 #38AC61 #3883AC

monochromatic

#501A22 #7E2935 #AC3849 #C95869 #D88793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#AC3849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#AC3849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3849

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3849	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC203F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.151 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb767b',
    500: '#ac3849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3849;
$custom-light: #cb767b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.207,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51322,
    "c": 0.15084,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3849

secondary

#7EC2B8

accent

#DAC64D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3849

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

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