#AC797C#AC797C

#AC797C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.064 H 15.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC797C
RGB	rgb(172, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(356, 24%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(356, 30%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 27.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 20.36, 6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 21.32, 17.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.0619 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.064 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4893, 23.9022, 22.2306)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC797C #79ACA9

analogous

#AC7995 #AC797C #AC9079

triadic

#AC797C #7CAC79 #797CAC

tetradic

#AC797C #95AC79 #79ACA9 #9079AC

square

#AC797C #95AC79 #79ACA9 #9079AC

split-complementary

#AC797C #79AC90 #7995AC

monochromatic

#694144 #8F595C #AC797C #C39FA1 #DBC5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#AC797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#AC797C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC797C

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC797C	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82807C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6747A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.064 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a0a1',
    500: '#ac797c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac797c;
$custom-light: #c6a0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 23.502,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62837,
    "c": 0.06412,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC797C

secondary

#B6CBC9

accent

#C0BB68

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0F

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC797C

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

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