#AC442E#AC442E

#AC442E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.141 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC442E
RGB	rgb(172, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, 41.31, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 53.91, 39.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.36% 0.1178 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(52.36% 0.141 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5755, 13.1048, 4.0829)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC442E #2E96AC

analogous

#AC2E57 #AC442E #AC832E

triadic

#AC442E #2EAC44 #442EAC

tetradic

#AC442E #57AC2E #2E96AC #832EAC

square

#AC442E #57AC2E #2E96AC #832EAC

split-complementary

#AC442E #2EAC83 #2E57AC

monochromatic

#4B1E14 #7C3121 #AC442E #CE6049 #DB8A79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#AC442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#AC442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC442E

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC442E	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)

#60572B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.141 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c68',
    500: '#ac442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac442e;
$custom-light: #cc7c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.476,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52362,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC442E

secondary

#72B5C3

accent

#C6E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC442E

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

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