#AC4C41#AC4C41

#AC4C41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.128 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4C41
RGB	rgb(172, 76, 65)
HSL	hsl(6, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 62.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 38.50, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 46.32, 33.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1127 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.128 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5537, 14.3237, 6.6824)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4C41 #41A1AC

analogous

#AC416C #AC4C41 #AC8241

triadic

#AC4C41 #41AC4C #4C41AC

tetradic

#AC4C41 #6CAC41 #41A1AC #8241AC

square

#AC4C41 #6CAC41 #41A1AC #8241AC

split-complementary

#AC4C41 #41AC82 #416CAC

monochromatic

#53251F #803830 #AC4C41 #C56F65 #D69992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#AC4C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AC4C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4C41

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4C41	1.00	5.43	3.86	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 76, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.128 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8176',
    500: '#ac4c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4c41;
$custom-light: #ca8176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.168,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53789,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4C41

secondary

#88BBC1

accent

#C7D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4C41

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

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