#AC5552#AC5552

#AC5552 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.115 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC5552
RGB	rgb(172, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 52.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 35.24, 18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 39.74, 27.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% 0.1051 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.115 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7863, 15.8792, 9.8987)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC5552 #52A9AC

analogous

#AC527C #AC5552 #AC8252

triadic

#AC5552 #52AC55 #5552AC

tetradic

#AC5552 #7CAC52 #52A9AC #8252AC

square

#AC5552 #7CAC52 #52A9AC #8252AC

split-complementary

#AC5552 #52AC82 #527CAC

monochromatic

#592C2A #83413E #AC5552 #C07D7B #D4A6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#AC5552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#AC5552 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC5552

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC5552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC5552	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac5552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.115 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98782',
    500: '#ac5552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac5552;
$custom-light: #c98782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac5552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55499,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC5552

secondary

#99C0C1

accent

#C8CB5C

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC5552

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

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