#AC453C#AC453C

#AC453C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.137 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC453C
RGB	rgb(172, 69, 60)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 65.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, 41.61, 26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 49.59, 32.95°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.1215 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.137 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9589, 13.3558, 5.8010)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC453C #3CA3AC

analogous

#AC3C6B #AC453C #AC7D3C

triadic

#AC453C #3CAC45 #453CAC

tetradic

#AC453C #6BAC3C #3CA3AC #7D3CAC

square

#AC453C #6BAC3C #3CA3AC #7D3CAC

split-complementary

#AC453C #3CAC7D #3C6BAC

monochromatic

#51211C #7F332C #AC453C #C7675E #D7928C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#AC453C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#AC453C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC453C

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC453C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC453C	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60583B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac453c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 69, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.137 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7d72',
    500: '#ac453c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac453c;
$custom-light: #cb7d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac453c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.821,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52706,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC453C

secondary

#82BCC1

accent

#CDD850

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC453C

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

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