#AC472A#AC472A

#AC472A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.140 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC472A
RGB	rgb(172, 71, 42)
HSL	hsl(13, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.43, 39.67, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.43, 54.52, 43.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.112 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.14 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6864, 13.4469, 3.7489)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC472A #2A8FAC

analogous

#AC2A4E #AC472A #AC882A

triadic

#AC472A #2AAC47 #472AAC

tetradic

#AC472A #4EAC2A #2A8FAC #882AAC

square

#AC472A #4EAC2A #2A8FAC #882AAC

split-complementary

#AC472A #2AAC88 #2A4EAC

monochromatic

#4A1E12 #7B331E #AC472A #D16242 #DD8B73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#AC472A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#AC472A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC472A

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC472A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC472A	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac472a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 71, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.140 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7e65',
    500: '#ac472a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac472a;
$custom-light: #cc7e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac472a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.385,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52733,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC472A

secondary

#6DB1C4

accent

#C0E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC472A

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

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