#AC4E39#AC4E39

#AC4E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.128 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4E39
RGB	rgb(172, 78, 57)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 66.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 36.96, 30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 48.09, 39.77°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.1064 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.128 34)
XYZ	xyz(20.4781, 14.5174, 5.5939)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4E39 #3997AC

analogous

#AC395D #AC4E39 #AC8839

triadic

#AC4E39 #39AC4E #4E39AC

tetradic

#AC4E39 #5DAC39 #3997AC #8839AC

square

#AC4E39 #5DAC39 #3997AC #8839AC

split-complementary

#AC4E39 #39AC88 #395DAC

monochromatic

#50241B #7E392A #AC4E39 #C86E5A #D89688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#AC4E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AC4E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4E39

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4E39	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)

#675E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 78, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.128 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8270',
    500: '#ac4e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4e39;
$custom-light: #cb8270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.957,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53957,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.14515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4E39

secondary

#7FB6C2

accent

#C0DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4E39

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

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