#AC4342#AC4342

#AC4342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.138 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4342
RGB	rgb(172, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, 42.96, 23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 48.75, 28.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.1268 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.138 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0056, 13.1809, 6.6439)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4342 #42ABAC

analogous

#AC4276 #AC4342 #AC7842

triadic

#AC4342 #42AC43 #4342AC

tetradic

#AC4342 #76AC42 #42ABAC #7842AC

square

#AC4342 #76AC42 #42ABAC #7842AC

split-complementary

#AC4342 #42AC78 #4276AC

monochromatic

#542120 #803231 #AC4342 #C56867 #D69493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AC4342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#AC4342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4342

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4342	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC2F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.138 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7c76',
    500: '#ac4342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4342;
$custom-light: #cb7c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.566,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52543,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4342

secondary

#89C0C1

accent

#D3D454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4342

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

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