#AC422B#AC422B

#AC422B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.144 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC422B
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 43)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 42.12, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 55.33, 40.43°)
OKLab	oklab(52.05% 0.1197 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(52.05% 0.144 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3996, 12.8442, 3.7427)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC422B #2B95AC

analogous

#AC2B54 #AC422B #AC832B

triadic

#AC422B #2BAC42 #422BAC

tetradic

#AC422B #54AC2B #2B95AC #832BAC

square

#AC422B #54AC2B #2B95AC #832BAC

split-complementary

#AC422B #2BAC83 #2B54AC

monochromatic

#4A1C13 #7B2F1F #AC422B #D05D44 #DC8775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#AC422B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#AC422B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC422B

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC422B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC422B	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD293D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac422b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.144 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7b65',
    500: '#ac422b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac422b;
$custom-light: #cc7b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac422b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.698,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52054,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC422B

secondary

#6FB5C4

accent

#C7E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC422B

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

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