#AC442B#AC442B

#AC442B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.142 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC442B
RGB	rgb(172, 68, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, 41.17, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 54.87, 41.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.33% 0.1168 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(52.33% 0.142 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5185, 13.0820, 3.7823)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC442B #2B93AC

analogous

#AC2B53 #AC442B #AC852B

triadic

#AC442B #2BAC44 #442BAC

tetradic

#AC442B #53AC2B #2B93AC #852BAC

square

#AC442B #53AC2B #2B93AC #852BAC

split-complementary

#AC442B #2BAC85 #2B53AC

monochromatic

#4A1D13 #7B311F #AC442B #D05F44 #DC8975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#AC442B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#AC442B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC442B

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC442B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC442B	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac442b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 68, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.142 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c66',
    500: '#ac442b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac442b;
$custom-light: #cc7c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac442b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.628,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52326,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC442B

secondary

#6FB4C4

accent

#C4E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC442B

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

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