#AC452E#AC452E

#AC452E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.140 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC452E
RGB	rgb(172, 69, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.10, 40.83, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.10, 53.68, 40.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.1163 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.14 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6365, 13.2268, 4.1032)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC452E #2E95AC

analogous

#AC2E56 #AC452E #AC842E

triadic

#AC452E #2EAC45 #452EAC

tetradic

#AC452E #56AC2E #2E95AC #842EAC

square

#AC452E #56AC2E #2E95AC #842EAC

split-complementary

#AC452E #2EAC84 #2E56AC

monochromatic

#4B1E14 #7C3221 #AC452E #CE6149 #DB8B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#AC452E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#AC452E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC452E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC452E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC452E	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61582B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac452e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 69, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.140 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c68',
    500: '#ac452e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac452e;
$custom-light: #cc7c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac452e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.952,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.525,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC452E

secondary

#72B5C3

accent

#C5E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC452E

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

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