#AC442A#AC442A

#AC442A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.142 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC442A
RGB	rgb(172, 68, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, 41.12, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 55.19, 41.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.31% 0.1164 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(52.31% 0.142 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5003, 13.0747, 3.6869)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC442A #2A92AC

analogous

#AC2A51 #AC442A #AC852A

triadic

#AC442A #2AAC44 #442AAC

tetradic

#AC442A #51AC2A #2A92AC #852AAC

square

#AC442A #51AC2A #2A92AC #852AAC

split-complementary

#AC442A #2AAC85 #2A51AC

monochromatic

#4A1D12 #7B311E #AC442A #D15F42 #DD8973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#AC442A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#AC442A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC442A

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC442A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC442A	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac442a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 68, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.142 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c65',
    500: '#ac442a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac442a;
$custom-light: #cc7c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac442a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52314,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC442A

secondary

#6DB3C4

accent

#C4E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC442A

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

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