#AC5138#AC5138

#AC5138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.126 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC5138
RGB	rgb(172, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(13, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, 35.36, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 47.71, 42.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.1013 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.126 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6714, 14.9436, 5.5364)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC5138 #3893AC

analogous

#AC3859 #AC5138 #AC8B38

triadic

#AC5138 #38AC51 #5138AC

tetradic

#AC5138 #59AC38 #3893AC #8B38AC

square

#AC5138 #59AC38 #3893AC #8B38AC

split-complementary

#AC5138 #38AC8B #3859AC

monochromatic

#50261A #7E3B29 #AC5138 #C97158 #D89887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#AC5138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#AC5138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC5138

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC5138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC5138	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac5138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.126 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca846f',
    500: '#ac5138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac5138;
$custom-light: #ca846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac5138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.931,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54401,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC5138

secondary

#7EB3C2

accent

#BCDA4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC5138

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

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