#AC4445#AC4445

#AC4445 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.137 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4445
RGB	rgb(172, 68, 69)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 59.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.27, 42.71, 21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.27, 47.83, 26.75°)
OKLab	oklab(52.74% 0.1266 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(52.74% 0.137 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1564, 13.3372, 7.1420)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4445 #44ACAB

analogous

#AC4479 #AC4445 #AC7744

triadic

#AC4445 #45AC44 #4445AC

tetradic

#AC4445 #79AC44 #44ACAB #7744AC

square

#AC4445 #79AC44 #44ACAB #7744AC

split-complementary

#AC4445 #44AC77 #4479AC

monochromatic

#542122 #803333 #AC4445 #C4696A #D59596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#AC4445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#AC4445 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4445

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4445	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 68, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.137 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7c78',
    500: '#ac4445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4445;
$custom-light: #ca7c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.423,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52735,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4445

secondary

#8BC1C0

accent

#D3D255

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4445

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

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