#AC3B48#AC3B48

#AC3B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.147 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3B48
RGB	rgb(172, 59, 72)
HSL	hsl(353, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 58.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.80, 47.02, 17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.80, 50.26, 20.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1407 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.147 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7487, 12.3691, 7.4772)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3B48 #3BAC9F

analogous

#AC3B81 #AC3B48 #AC663B

triadic

#AC3B48 #48AC3B #3B48AC

tetradic

#AC3B48 #81AC3B #3BAC9F #663BAC

square

#AC3B48 #81AC3B #3BAC9F #663BAC

split-complementary

#AC3B48 #3BAC66 #3B81AC

monochromatic

#511C22 #7E2B35 #AC3B48 #C75D69 #D78A93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#AC3B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#AC3B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3B48

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3B48	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC2440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 59, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.147 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb777a',
    500: '#ac3b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3b48;
$custom-light: #cb777a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.097,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51651,
    "c": 0.14735,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3B48

secondary

#81C1BA

accent

#D8C94F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3B48

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

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