#AC4A42#AC4A42

#AC4A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.130 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4A42
RGB	rgb(172, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 39.58, 24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 46.65, 31.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.1162 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.13 27)
XYZ	xyz(20.4472, 14.0641, 6.7911)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4A42 #42A4AC

analogous

#AC426F #AC4A42 #AC7F42

triadic

#AC4A42 #42AC4A #4A42AC

tetradic

#AC4A42 #6FAC42 #42A4AC #7F42AC

square

#AC4A42 #6FAC42 #42A4AC #7F42AC

split-complementary

#AC4A42 #42AC7F #426FAC

monochromatic

#542420 #803731 #AC4A42 #C56E67 #D69893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AC4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AC4A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4A42

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4A42	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.130 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8076',
    500: '#ac4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4a42;
$custom-light: #ca8076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.528,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53516,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.14062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4A42

secondary

#89BDC1

accent

#CBD454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4A42

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

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