#ac3232

Color #ac3232

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Brown #a52a2a · ΔE 2.97 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ac3232

RGB

rgb(172, 50, 50)

HSL

hsl(0, 55%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 70.9%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 70.9%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(40.06, 49.35, 29.03)

LCH

lch(40.06, 57.26, 30.47)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.1586, 24.92)

HWB

hwb(0, 19.6%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#32acac

Analogous

#ac326f

#ac3232

#ac6f32

Triadic

#ac3232

#32ac32

#3232ac

Split-complementary

#ac3232

#32ac6f

#326fac

Tetradic

#ac3232

#acac32

#32acac

#3232ac

Square

#ac3232

#6fac32

#32acac

#6f32ac

Shades

Color #ac3232 mixed toward black.

#8f2a2a

#732121

#561919

#391111

#1d0808

Tints

Color #ac3232 mixed toward white.

#c94545

#d46a6a

#df8f8f

#e9b5b5

#f4dada

Tones

Color #ac3232 mixed toward gray.

#a23c3c

#984646

#8d5050

#835b5b

#796565

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.26:1

White text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888832 · ΔE 45.1

Deuteranopia

#8e9532 · ΔE 49.9

Tritanopia

#a83232 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 25.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ac3232;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac3232]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#ac3232 (#ac3232) is rgb(172, 50, 50) in RGB.

No, #ac3232 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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