#AC4E40#AC4E40

#AC4E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.126 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4E40
RGB	rgb(172, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.07, 37.42, 26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.07, 46.04, 35.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1091 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.126 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6649, 14.5921, 6.5778)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4E40 #409EAC

analogous

#AC4068 #AC4E40 #AC8440

triadic

#AC4E40 #40AC4E #4E40AC

tetradic

#AC4E40 #68AC40 #409EAC #8440AC

square

#AC4E40 #68AC40 #409EAC #8440AC

split-complementary

#AC4E40 #40AC84 #4068AC

monochromatic

#53261F #7F3A2F #AC4E40 #C57164 #D69A91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#AC4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#AC4E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4E40

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4E40	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.126 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8275',
    500: '#ac4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4e40;
$custom-light: #ca8275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.778,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5407,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4E40

secondary

#87BAC1

accent

#C4D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4E40

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

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