#AC442F#AC442F

#AC442F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.141 H 33.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC442F
RGB	rgb(172, 68, 47)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 72.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, 41.36, 34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 53.60, 39.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.38% 0.1181 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(52.38% 0.141 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5955, 13.1128, 4.1879)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC442F #2F97AC

analogous

#AC2F58 #AC442F #AC822F

triadic

#AC442F #2FAC44 #442FAC

tetradic

#AC442F #58AC2F #2F97AC #822FAC

square

#AC442F #58AC2F #2F97AC #822FAC

split-complementary

#AC442F #2FAC82 #2F58AC

monochromatic

#4C1E15 #7C3122 #AC442F #CE614B #DB8B7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#AC442F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#AC442F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC442F

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC442F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC442F	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)

#60572C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac442f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 68, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.141 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c68',
    500: '#ac442f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac442f;
$custom-light: #cc7c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac442f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.08,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52375,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC442F

secondary

#74B6C3

accent

#C7E047

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC442F

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

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