#AC442D#AC442D

#AC442D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.142 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC442D
RGB	rgb(172, 68, 45)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 41.26, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 54.23, 40.46°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.1174 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.142 34)
XYZ	xyz(19.5561, 13.0970, 3.9803)
Luminance	0.1309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC442D #2D95AC

analogous

#AC2D56 #AC442D #AC832D

triadic

#AC442D #2DAC44 #442DAC

tetradic

#AC442D #56AC2D #2D95AC #832DAC

square

#AC442D #56AC2D #2D95AC #832DAC

split-complementary

#AC442D #2DAC83 #2D56AC

monochromatic

#4B1E14 #7B3120 #AC442D #CF6047 #DC8A78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#AC442D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#AC442D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC442D

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC442D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC442D	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61572A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac442d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 68, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.142 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c67',
    500: '#ac442d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac442d;
$custom-light: #cc7c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac442d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.866,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5235,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.13094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC442D

secondary

#71B5C4

accent

#C6E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC442D

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

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