#AC424E#AC424E

#AC424E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.139 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC424E
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 78)
HSL	hsl(353, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 54.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, 44.35, 15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 47.08, 19.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.1332 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.139 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3383, 13.2197, 8.6869)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC424E #42ACA0

analogous

#AC4283 #AC424E #AC6B42

triadic

#AC424E #4EAC42 #424EAC

tetradic

#AC424E #83AC42 #42ACA0 #6B42AC

square

#AC424E #83AC42 #42ACA0 #6B42AC

split-complementary

#AC424E #42AC6B #4283AC

monochromatic

#542026 #80313A #AC424E #C56771 #D6939A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#AC424E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#AC424E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC424E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC424E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC424E	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B584E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac424e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.139 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7b7f',
    500: '#ac424e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac424e;
$custom-light: #ca7b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac424e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.208,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52662,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC424E

secondary

#89C1BB

accent

#D4C654

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC424E

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

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