#AC4E35#AC4E35

#AC4E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.130 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4E35
RGB	rgb(172, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(13, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(13, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 36.73, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 49.36, 41.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.1049 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.13 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3822, 14.4790, 5.0889)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4E35 #3593AC

analogous

#AC3558 #AC4E35 #AC8A35

triadic

#AC4E35 #35AC4E #4E35AC

tetradic

#AC4E35 #58AC35 #3593AC #8A35AC

square

#AC4E35 #58AC35 #3593AC #8A35AC

split-complementary

#AC4E35 #35AC8A #3558AC

monochromatic

#4E2418 #7D3927 #AC4E35 #CA6D54 #D99583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#AC4E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AC4E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4E35

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4E35	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.130 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb826d',
    500: '#ac4e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4e35;
$custom-light: #cb826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.605,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53899,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4E35

secondary

#7BB3C2

accent

#BEDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4E35

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

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