#AC4245#AC4245

#AC4245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.139 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4245
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 69)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 59.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 43.65, 21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 48.46, 25.76°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.1295 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.139 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0375, 13.0994, 7.1023)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4245 #42ACA9

analogous

#AC427A #AC4245 #AC7442

triadic

#AC4245 #45AC42 #4245AC

tetradic

#AC4245 #7AAC42 #42ACA9 #7442AC

square

#AC4245 #7AAC42 #42ACA9 #7442AC

split-complementary

#AC4245 #42AC74 #427AAC

monochromatic

#542022 #803133 #AC4245 #C56769 #D69395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#AC4245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#AC4245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4245

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4245	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC2E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.139 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7b78',
    500: '#ac4245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4245;
$custom-light: #ca7b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.302,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52468,
    "c": 0.13929,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4245

secondary

#89C1BF

accent

#D4D154

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4245

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

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