#AC3D42#AC3D42

#AC3D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.145 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3D42
RGB	rgb(172, 61, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, 45.71, 21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 50.61, 25.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.1355 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.145 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6672, 12.5041, 6.5311)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3D42 #3DACA7

analogous

#AC3D79 #AC3D42 #AC6F3D

triadic

#AC3D42 #42AC3D #3D42AC

tetradic

#AC3D42 #79AC3D #3DACA7 #6F3DAC

square

#AC3D42 #79AC3D #3DACA7 #6F3DAC

split-complementary

#AC3D42 #3DAC6F #3D79AC

monochromatic

#521D1F #7F2D31 #AC3D42 #C76064 #D78D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#AC3D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AC3D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3D42

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3D42	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC2640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 61, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.145 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7876',
    500: '#ac3d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3d42;
$custom-light: #cb7876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.297,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5177,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3D42

secondary

#84C1BE

accent

#D7D151

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3D42

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

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