#AC3A26#AC3A26

#AC3A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.153 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3A26
RGB	rgb(172, 58, 38)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 77.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.12, 45.52, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.12, 58.74, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.1293 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.153 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8783, 11.9395, 3.1438)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3A26 #2698AC

analogous

#AC2655 #AC3A26 #AC7D26

triadic

#AC3A26 #26AC3A #3A26AC

tetradic

#AC3A26 #55AC26 #2698AC #7D26AC

square

#AC3A26 #55AC26 #2698AC #7D26AC

split-complementary

#AC3A26 #26AC7D #2655AC

monochromatic

#481810 #7A291B #AC3A26 #D4523B #DF7E6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#AC3A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AC3A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3A26

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3A26	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)

#5A5123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD1936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 58, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.153 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7662',
    500: '#ac3a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3a26;
$custom-light: #cd7662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.955,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50977,
    "c": 0.15294,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3A26

secondary

#68B8C5

accent

#CEE741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3A26

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

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