#AC596D#AC596D

#AC596D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.110 H 5.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC596D
RGB	rgb(172, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(346, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(346, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 36.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 36.04, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 36.28, 6.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1094 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.11 5.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3471, 17.0217, 16.5210)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC596D #59AC98

analogous

#AC5996 #AC596D #AC6E59

triadic

#AC596D #6DAC59 #596DAC

tetradic

#AC596D #96AC59 #59AC98 #6E59AC

square

#AC596D #96AC59 #59AC98 #6E59AC

split-complementary

#AC596D #59AC6E #5996AC

monochromatic

#5C2E39 #854353 #AC596D #C08291 #D5ABB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#AC596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#AC596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC596D

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC596D	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67696E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C796B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.110 5.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78a96',
    500: '#ac596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac596d;
$custom-light: #c78a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.542,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56823,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 5.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC596D

secondary

#9EC3BA

accent

#C9B05E

background

#FCF8F9

surface

#F9F0F2

border

#D2CBCC

text

#130C0D

muted

#827D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC596D

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

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