#AC4E50#AC4E50

#AC4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.124 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4E50
RGB	rgb(172, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 53.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.36, 38.68, 17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.36, 42.51, 24.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.1156 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.124 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1873, 14.8011, 9.3290)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4E50 #4EACAA

analogous

#AC4E7F #AC4E50 #AC7B4E

triadic

#AC4E50 #50AC4E #4E50AC

tetradic

#AC4E50 #7FAC4E #4EACAA #7B4EAC

square

#AC4E50 #7FAC4E #4EACAA #7B4EAC

split-complementary

#AC4E50 #4EAC7B #4E7FAC

monochromatic

#582829 #823B3C #AC4E50 #C17678 #D4A0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#AC4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#AC4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4E50

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4E50	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B734E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.124 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98281',
    500: '#ac4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4e50;
$custom-light: #c98281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.723,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54383,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4E50

secondary

#95C1C0

accent

#CECB5A

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFEE

border

#D2CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4E50

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

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