#AC422F#AC422F

#AC422F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.143 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC422F
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 47)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 72.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 42.30, 33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 54.08, 38.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.11% 0.1211 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(52.11% 0.143 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4766, 12.8750, 4.1483)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC422F #2F99AC

analogous

#AC2F5A #AC422F #AC802F

triadic

#AC422F #2FAC42 #422FAC

tetradic

#AC422F #5AAC2F #2F99AC #802FAC

square

#AC422F #5AAC2F #2F99AC #802FAC

split-complementary

#AC422F #2FAC80 #2F5AAC

monochromatic

#4C1D15 #7C3022 #AC422F #CE5E4B #DB897B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#AC422F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#AC422F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC422F

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC422F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC422F	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)

#5F562C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac422f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.143 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7b68',
    500: '#ac422f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac422f;
$custom-light: #cc7b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac422f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.12,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52105,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC422F

secondary

#74B7C3

accent

#C9E047

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC422F

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

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