#AC3E35#AC3E35

#AC3E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.146 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3E35
RGB	rgb(172, 62, 53)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 44.45, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 53.36, 33.57°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.129 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.146 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3805, 12.4756, 4.7550)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3E35 #35A3AC

analogous

#AC3568 #AC3E35 #AC7A35

triadic

#AC3E35 #35AC3E #3E35AC

tetradic

#AC3E35 #68AC35 #35A3AC #7A35AC

square

#AC3E35 #68AC35 #35A3AC #7A35AC

split-complementary

#AC3E35 #35AC7A #3568AC

monochromatic

#4E1C18 #7D2D27 #AC3E35 #CA5D54 #D98983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#AC3E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#AC3E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3E35

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3E35	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD243D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 62, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.146 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc796c',
    500: '#ac3e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3e35;
$custom-light: #cc796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.538,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51669,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3E35

secondary

#7BBDC2

accent

#D1DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3E35

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

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