#AC4E42#AC4E42

#AC4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.126 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4E42
RGB	rgb(172, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 37.56, 25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 45.50, 34.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.1099 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.126 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7228, 14.6153, 6.8830)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4E42 #42A0AC

analogous

#AC426B #AC4E42 #AC8342

triadic

#AC4E42 #42AC4E #4E42AC

tetradic

#AC4E42 #6BAC42 #42A0AC #8342AC

square

#AC4E42 #6BAC42 #42A0AC #8342AC

split-complementary

#AC4E42 #42AC83 #426BAC

monochromatic

#542620 #803A31 #AC4E42 #C57167 #D69A93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#AC4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#AC4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4E42

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4E42	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.126 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8276',
    500: '#ac4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4e42;
$custom-light: #ca8276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.792,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54105,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4E42

secondary

#89BBC1

accent

#C6D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4E42

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

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