#AC422A#AC422A

#AC422A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.144 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AC422A
RGBrgb(172, 66, 42)
HSLhsl(11, 61%, 42%)
HSVhsv(11, 76%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.6%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(42.52, 42.07, 36.42)
CIE-LCHlch(42.52, 55.64, 40.88°)
OKLaboklab(52.04% 0.1194 0.0812)
OKLCHoklch(52.04% 0.144 34.2)
XYZxyz(19.3814, 12.8369, 3.6472)
Luminance0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AC422A #2A94AC
analogous
#AC2A53 #AC422A #AC832A
triadic
#AC422A #2AAC42 #422AAC
tetradic
#AC422A #53AC2A #2A94AC #832AAC
square
#AC422A #53AC2A #2A94AC #832AAC
split-complementary
#AC422A #2AAC83 #2A53AC
monochromatic
#4A1C12 #7B2F1E #AC422A #D15D42 #DD8773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89
#AC422A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57
#AC422A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC422A
5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AC422A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AC422A1.005.893.575.89
#FFFFFF5.891.0021.001.00
#0000003.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.891.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5F5627
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A6D27
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BD293D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ac422a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.144 34.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7b65',
    500: '#ac422a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ac422a;
$custom-light: #cc7b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ac422a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.077,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52043,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AC422A
secondary
#6DB4C4
accent
#C6E444
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FBEEEB
border
#D4C9C6
text
#150905
muted
#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC422A

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#AC422A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva