#AC5656#AC5656

#AC5656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.113 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC5656
RGB	rgb(172, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 50%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 35.09, 16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 38.72, 25.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1051 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.113 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0223, 16.1004, 10.7502)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC5656 #56ACAC

analogous

#AC5681 #AC5656 #AC8156

triadic

#AC5656 #56AC56 #5656AC

tetradic

#AC5656 #81AC56 #56ACAC #8156AC

square

#AC5656 #81AC56 #56ACAC #8156AC

split-complementary

#AC5656 #56AC81 #5681AC

monochromatic

#5B2D2D #844141 #AC5656 #C07F7F #D4A8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AC5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AC5656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC5656

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC5656	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.113 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98885',
    500: '#ac5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac5656;
$custom-light: #c98885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55746,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC5656

secondary

#9CC2C2

accent

#CACA5E

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC5656

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

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