#AC4E38#AC4E38

#AC4E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.129 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4E38
RGB	rgb(172, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.95, 36.90, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.95, 48.40, 40.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1061 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.129 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4534, 14.5075, 5.4638)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4E38 #3896AC

analogous

#AC385C #AC4E38 #AC8838

triadic

#AC4E38 #38AC4E #4E38AC

tetradic

#AC4E38 #5CAC38 #3896AC #8838AC

square

#AC4E38 #5CAC38 #3896AC #8838AC

split-complementary

#AC4E38 #38AC88 #385CAC

monochromatic

#50241A #7E3929 #AC4E38 #C96E58 #D89687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#AC4E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AC4E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4E38

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4E38	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.129 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb826f',
    500: '#ac4e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4e38;
$custom-light: #cb826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.379,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53942,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4E38

secondary

#7EB5C2

accent

#C0DA4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4E38

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

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