#AC4E49#AC4E49

#AC4E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.125 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4E49
RGB	rgb(172, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 57.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.22, 38.09, 21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.22, 43.82, 29.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.1127 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.125 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9420, 14.7030, 8.0372)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4E49 #49A7AC

analogous

#AC4975 #AC4E49 #AC7F49

triadic

#AC4E49 #49AC4E #4E49AC

tetradic

#AC4E49 #75AC49 #49A7AC #7F49AC

square

#AC4E49 #75AC49 #49A7AC #7F49AC

split-complementary

#AC4E49 #49AC7F #4975AC

monochromatic

#562725 #813B37 #AC4E49 #C27470 #D59E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#AC4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#AC4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4E49

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4E49	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.125 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca827b',
    500: '#ac4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4e49;
$custom-light: #ca827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.03,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54236,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4E49

secondary

#90BEC1

accent

#CAD058

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4E49

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

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