#ac473c

Color #ac473c

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Brown #a52a2a · ΔE 11.36 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ac473c

RGB

rgb(172, 71, 60)

HSL

hsl(5.9, 48.3%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(5.9, 65.1%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 65.1%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(43.66, 40.65, 27.43)

LCH

lch(43.66, 49.04, 34.01)

OKLCH

oklch(53%, 0.1351, 28.67)

HWB

hwb(5.9, 23.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3ca1ac

Analogous

#ac3c69

#ac473c

#ac7f3c

Triadic

#ac473c

#3cac47

#473cac

Split-complementary

#ac473c

#3cac7f

#3c69ac

Tetradic

#ac473c

#a1ac3c

#3ca1ac

#473cac

Square

#ac473c

#69ac3c

#3ca1ac

#7f3cac

Shades

Color #ac473c mixed toward black.

#8f3b32

#732f28

#56241e

#391814

#1d0c0a

Tints

Color #ac473c mixed toward white.

#c35e53

#cf7e76

#db9f98

#e7bfba

#f3dfdd

Tones

Color #ac473c mixed toward gray.

#a34f45

#99564f

#905e58

#876561

#7d6d6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.72:1

White text reads better on this background (5.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8b3f · ΔE 39.6

Deuteranopia

#919740 · ΔE 43.9

Tritanopia

#a94141 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac473c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac473c]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#ac473c (#ac473c) is rgb(172, 71, 60) in RGB.

No, #ac473c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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