#AC5544#AC5544

#AC5544 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.118 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC5544
RGB	rgb(172, 85, 68)
HSL	hsl(10, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 60.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 34.07, 26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 43.07, 37.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.0994 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.118 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3069, 15.6874, 7.3736)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC5544 #449BAC

analogous

#AC4467 #AC5544 #AC8944

triadic

#AC5544 #44AC55 #5544AC

tetradic

#AC5544 #67AC44 #449BAC #8944AC

square

#AC5544 #67AC44 #449BAC #8944AC

split-complementary

#AC5544 #44AC89 #4467AC

monochromatic

#542A21 #803F33 #AC5544 #C47869 #D5A095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#AC5544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#AC5544 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC5544

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC5544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC5544	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac5544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 85, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.118 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8778',
    500: '#ac5544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac5544;
$custom-light: #ca8778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac5544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.808,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55223,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC5544

secondary

#8BB8C1

accent

#BED355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC5544

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

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