#AC5259#AC5259

#AC5259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.118 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC5259
RGB	rgb(172, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 48.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 37.48, 13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 39.84, 19.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.2% 0.1129 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(55.2% 0.118 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8352, 15.5289, 11.2967)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC5259 #52ACA5

analogous

#AC5286 #AC5259 #AC7852

triadic

#AC5259 #59AC52 #5259AC

tetradic

#AC5259 #86AC52 #52ACA5 #7852AC

square

#AC5259 #86AC52 #52ACA5 #7852AC

split-complementary

#AC5259 #52AC78 #5286AC

monochromatic

#592A2E #833E44 #AC5259 #C07B80 #D4A5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#AC5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#AC5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC5259

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC5259	1.00	5.12	4.11	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.118 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98587',
    500: '#ac5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac5259;
$custom-light: #c98587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.333,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55195,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC5259

secondary

#99C1BE

accent

#CBC35C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFEF

border

#D2CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC5259

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

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