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#AC2F4E — Red

#AC2F4E is a red color we call Red, closest to the named color Brown (#A52A2A). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: brown (#A52A2A) — not an exact match. CSS brown gives you #A52A2A, a different color; use #AC2F4E when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AC2F4E is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #2FAC8D; it also sits naturally between #AC2F8D and #AC4E2F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AC2F4E · RGB 172, 47, 78

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Color values

HEX#AC2F4E
RGB172, 47, 78
HSL345°, 57%, 43%
HSV345°, 73%, 67%
CMYK0%, 73%, 55%, 33%
XYZ19.40, 11.35, 8.38
Yxy11.35, 0.4958, 0.2901
CIE-Lab40.17, 52.30, 11.78
Hunter Lab33.70, 46.36, 7.28

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 18% · Blue 31%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 73% · Yellow 55% · Key 33%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AC2F4E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AC2F4E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AC2F4E

.text { color: #AC2F4E; }
.background { background-color: #AC2F4E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AC2F4E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 47, 78); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(345, 57%, 43%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AC2F4E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 47, 78, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AC2F4E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 47, 78, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AC2F4E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AC2F4E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AC2F4E

#9C2B47#8C2640#7C2239#6C1E31#601A2C#501624#40121D#300D16#20090F#100407

Tints of #AC2F4E

#C03558#CD4768#D25B79#D86F89#DE879D#E49BAD#E9AFBD#EFC3CE#F5DBE2#FBEFF2

Tones of #AC2F4E

#A33853#9B4157#92495C#885360#7F5C65#766569

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2FAC8D:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text6.42:1 AA
Against black text3.27:1 AA large only

Best text color on #AC2F4E: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AC2F4E

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AC2F4E: ·

How #AC2F4E looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #767546Deuteranopia · #7D8745Tritanopia · #A6413F

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap danger · #DC3545Tailwind rose 600 · #E11D48Tailwind pink 600 · #DB2777

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AC2F4E rather than the exact color:

Vintage Voyage
#A82F4D · #4EA930 · #5F7CD2 · #E5C1C5
Palette 7ed4ad
#7ED4AD · #D76C82 · #B03052 · #3D0301
Palette 6f9eaf
#6F9EAF · #A9294F · #C7753D · #F6D887
Palette 420516
#420516 · #7D1935 · #B42B51 · #E63E6D
Tender Ruby Mosaic
#46932E · #3754B0 · #B03754 · #DBEDD7
Modern Ruby Orchard
#603E8E · #BC5ACC · #D781BD · #B23555

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#A82F4D#B03052#A9294F#B42B51#B03754#B23555#A93545#AD2D43#A22A51#AF244C#AF2655#AD3142

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AC2F4D  ·  #AC2F4F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AC2F4E?

#AC2F4E is Red, a red color (RGB 172, 47, 78). Its closest standard named color is Brown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AC2F4E?

#AC2F4E is RGB 172, 47, 78 — HSL 345°, 57%, 43% — CMYK 0%, 73%, 55%, 33%.

What colors go with #AC2F4E?

Its complement is #2FAC8D; analogous partners are #AC2F8D and #AC4E2F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AC2F4E for text?

White text on #AC2F4E has a contrast ratio of 6.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.27:1.