#AC4526#AC4526

#AC4526 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.143 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4526
RGB	rgb(172, 69, 38)
HSL	hsl(14, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 77.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 40.48, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 56.27, 44.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% 0.1137 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.143 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4933, 13.1695, 3.3488)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4526 #268DAC

analogous

#AC264A #AC4526 #AC8826

triadic

#AC4526 #26AC45 #4526AC

tetradic

#AC4526 #4AAC26 #268DAC #8826AC

square

#AC4526 #4AAC26 #268DAC #8826AC

split-complementary

#AC4526 #26AC88 #264AAC

monochromatic

#481D10 #7A311B #AC4526 #D45F3B #DF886E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AC4526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AC4526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4526

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4526	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 69, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.143 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c62',
    500: '#ac4526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4526;
$custom-light: #cc7c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.881,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52408,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4526

secondary

#68B0C5

accent

#C0E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4526

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

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