#AC3E48#AC3E48

#AC3E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.144 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC3E48
RGB	rgb(172, 62, 72)
HSL	hsl(355, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(355, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 58.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 45.70, 18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 49.26, 21.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.1365 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.144 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9074, 12.6864, 7.5301)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC3E48 #3EACA2

analogous

#AC3E7F #AC3E48 #AC6B3E

triadic

#AC3E48 #48AC3E #3E48AC

tetradic

#AC3E48 #7FAC3E #3EACA2 #6B3EAC

square

#AC3E48 #7FAC3E #3EACA2 #6B3EAC

split-complementary

#AC3E48 #3EAC6B #3E7FAC

monochromatic

#521E22 #7F2E35 #AC3E48 #C6616A #D68E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#AC3E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#AC3E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC3E48

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC3E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC3E48	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC2942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac3e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 62, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.144 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca797a',
    500: '#ac3e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac3e48;
$custom-light: #ca797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac3e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52018,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC3E48

secondary

#85C1BC

accent

#D7CA51

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC3E48

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

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