#AC596B#AC596B

#AC596B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.110 H 7.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC596B
RGB	rgb(172, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(347, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(347, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 37.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 35.79, 5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 36.18, 8.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.1087 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.11 7.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2406, 16.9791, 15.9604)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC596B #59AC9A

analogous

#AC5994 #AC596B #AC7059

triadic

#AC596B #6BAC59 #596BAC

tetradic

#AC596B #94AC59 #59AC9A #7059AC

square

#AC596B #94AC59 #59AC9A #7059AC

split-complementary

#AC596B #59AC70 #5994AC

monochromatic

#5C2E38 #854351 #AC596B #C0828F #D5ABB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#AC596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#AC596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC596B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC596B	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68696B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.110 7.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78a95',
    500: '#ac596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac596b;
$custom-light: #c78a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.988,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56765,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 7.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC596B

secondary

#9EC3BB

accent

#C9B25E

background

#FCF8F9

surface

#F9F0F1

border

#D2CBCB

text

#130C0D

muted

#827D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC596B

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

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