#AC452F#AC452F

#AC452F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.140 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC452F
RGB	rgb(172, 69, 47)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 72.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, 40.88, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 53.36, 40.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.51% 0.1166 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(52.51% 0.14 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6565, 13.2348, 4.2083)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC452F #2F96AC

analogous

#AC2F57 #AC452F #AC832F

triadic

#AC452F #2FAC45 #452FAC

tetradic

#AC452F #57AC2F #2F96AC #832FAC

square

#AC452F #57AC2F #2F96AC #832FAC

split-complementary

#AC452F #2FAC83 #2F57AC

monochromatic

#4C1E15 #7C3222 #AC452F #CE624B #DB8C7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#AC452F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#AC452F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC452F

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC452F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC452F	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61582C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac452f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 69, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.140 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c68',
    500: '#ac452f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac452f;
$custom-light: #cc7c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac452f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.56,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52513,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC452F

secondary

#74B5C3

accent

#C5E047

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC452F

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

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