#AC3853#AC3853

#AC3853 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.152 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3853
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 83)
HSL	hsl(346, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(346, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 51.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.57, 49.19, 10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.57, 50.32, 12.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.1492 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.152 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9905, 12.2261, 9.4891)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3853 #38AC91

analogous

#AC388D #AC3853 #AC5738

triadic

#AC3853 #53AC38 #3853AC

tetradic

#AC3853 #8DAC38 #38AC91 #5738AC

square

#AC3853 #8DAC38 #38AC91 #5738AC

split-complementary

#AC3853 #38AC57 #388DAC

monochromatic

#501A26 #7E293D #AC3853 #C95873 #D8879A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#AC3853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#AC3853 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3853

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3853	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB2443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.152 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7683',
    500: '#ac3853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3853;
$custom-light: #ca7683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.034,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51564,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3853

secondary

#7EC2B2

accent

#DABA4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDEE

border

#D3C8C9

text

#14090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3853

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

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