#AC3C49#AC3C49

#AC3C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.146 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3C49
RGB	rgb(172, 60, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 57.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 46.66, 17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 49.79, 20.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.1397 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.146 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8335, 12.4860, 7.6677)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3C49 #3CAC9F

analogous

#AC3C81 #AC3C49 #AC673C

triadic

#AC3C49 #49AC3C #3C49AC

tetradic

#AC3C49 #81AC3C #3CAC9F #673CAC

square

#AC3C49 #81AC3C #3CAC9F #673CAC

split-complementary

#AC3C49 #3CAC67 #3C81AC

monochromatic

#511C22 #7F2C36 #AC3C49 #C75E6A #D78C94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#AC3C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AC3C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3C49

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3C49	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC2641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 60, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.146 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca787b',
    500: '#ac3c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3c49;
$custom-light: #ca787b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.036,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51793,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3C49

secondary

#82C1BA

accent

#D8C850

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3C49

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

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