#AC4D36#AC4D36

#AC4D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.130 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4D36
RGB	rgb(172, 77, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.73, 37.29, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.73, 49.27, 40.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1069 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.13 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3349, 14.3473, 5.1878)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4D36 #3695AC

analogous

#AC365A #AC4D36 #AC8836

triadic

#AC4D36 #36AC4D #4D36AC

tetradic

#AC4D36 #5AAC36 #3695AC #8836AC

square

#AC4D36 #5AAC36 #3695AC #8836AC

split-complementary

#AC4D36 #36AC88 #365AAC

monochromatic

#4F2319 #7D3827 #AC4D36 #CA6C55 #D89484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#AC4D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#AC4D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4D36

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4D36	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 77, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.130 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb816e',
    500: '#ac4d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4d36;
$custom-light: #cb816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.695,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53762,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4D36

secondary

#7CB4C2

accent

#C0DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4D36

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

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