#AC492B#AC492B

#AC492B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.137 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC492B
RGB	rgb(172, 73, 43)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 38.73, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 53.76, 43.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.1092 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.137 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8339, 13.7128, 3.8874)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC492B #2B8EAC

analogous

#AC2B4E #AC492B #AC892B

triadic

#AC492B #2BAC49 #492BAC

tetradic

#AC492B #4EAC2B #2B8EAC #892BAC

square

#AC492B #4EAC2B #2B8EAC #892BAC

split-complementary

#AC492B #2BAC89 #2B4EAC

monochromatic

#4A1F13 #7B341F #AC492B #D06544 #DC8D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#AC492B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#AC492B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC492B

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC492B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC492B	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac492b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 73, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.137 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7f66',
    500: '#ac492b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac492b;
$custom-light: #cc7f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac492b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.953,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53031,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC492B

secondary

#6FB0C4

accent

#BEE345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC492B

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

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