#AC3E2C#AC3E2C

#AC3E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.148 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3E2C
RGB	rgb(172, 62, 44)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.85, 44.00, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.85, 55.96, 38.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.1258 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.148 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1926, 12.4005, 3.7653)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3E2C #2C9AAC

analogous

#AC2C5A #AC3E2C #AC7E2C

triadic

#AC3E2C #2CAC3E #3E2CAC

tetradic

#AC3E2C #5AAC2C #2C9AAC #7E2CAC

square

#AC3E2C #5AAC2C #2C9AAC #7E2CAC

split-complementary

#AC3E2C #2CAC7E #2C5AAC

monochromatic

#4B1B13 #7B2C20 #AC3E2C #D05946 #DC8576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#AC3E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#AC3E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3E2C

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3E2C	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD223A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 62, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.148 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7866',
    500: '#ac3e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3e2c;
$custom-light: #cc7866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.438,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51544,
    "c": 0.14783,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3E2C

secondary

#70B8C4

accent

#CCE245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3E2C

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

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