#AC4424#AC4424

#AC4424 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.144 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4424
RGB	rgb(172, 68, 36)
HSL	hsl(14, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 40.88, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 57.14, 44.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% 0.1146 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.144 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4009, 13.0350, 3.1631)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4424 #248CAC

analogous

#AC2448 #AC4424 #AC8824

triadic

#AC4424 #24AC44 #4424AC

tetradic

#AC4424 #48AC24 #248CAC #8824AC

square

#AC4424 #48AC24 #248CAC #8824AC

split-complementary

#AC4424 #24AC88 #2448AC

monochromatic

#471C0F #793019 #AC4424 #D55D38 #E0866A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#AC4424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#AC4424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4424

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4424	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 68, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.144 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c61',
    500: '#ac4424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4424;
$custom-light: #cc7c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5225,
    "c": 0.14397,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4424

secondary

#66AFC6

accent

#C1E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4424

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

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