#AC4236#AC4236

#AC4236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.142 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4236
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.67, 42.67, 29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.67, 52.02, 34.89°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.1236 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.142 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6293, 12.9361, 4.9526)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4236 #36A0AC

analogous

#AC3665 #AC4236 #AC7D36

triadic

#AC4236 #36AC42 #4236AC

tetradic

#AC4236 #65AC36 #36A0AC #7D36AC

square

#AC4236 #65AC36 #36A0AC #7D36AC

split-complementary

#AC4236 #36AC7D #3665AC

monochromatic

#4F1E19 #7D3027 #AC4236 #CA6155 #D88D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#AC4236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#AC4236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4236

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4236	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.142 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7b6d',
    500: '#ac4236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4236;
$custom-light: #cb7b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.102,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52204,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4236

secondary

#7CBBC2

accent

#CDDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4236

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

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