#AC1E44French Wine (#AC1E44) is a dark, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 12°, lightness 0.49 and chroma 0.176. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #AC1E44 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(172, 30, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(344, 70%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(344, 83%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 83%, 60%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(38.1 56.9 15.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.488 0.176 12) |
Under warm 2700K interior light French Wine shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ac193f — ΔE 0.7, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#af1c42 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#ac1e44 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ad1e45 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest French Wine in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 6.95:1 and against black 3.02:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#fb8f9d · #d96174 · #ac1e44 · #87002e · #500018 · #200004
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#c46436 · #bb4339 · #ac1e44 · #8d1252 · #6e0b57 · #4f0655
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#e6ad77 · #dc8200 · #a17142 · #ac1e44 · #81082e · #56001a
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#00e0dc · #d28a92 · #9d7377 · #ac1e44 · #6b2834 · #3f181e
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e0f7f6 · #c9abae · #6d7e7d · #ac1e44 · #5c3e41 · #000202
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e7f5f4 · #bccdcc · #8da09f · #0b2727 · #000505 · #ac1e44
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d1d6b0 · #cb9ec7 · #2ea87c · #ac1e44 · #3c503c · #1c0903
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cafefb · #4bcf99 · #0087a7 · #ac1e44 · #005539 · #000408
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e5fad6 · #91c765 · #007add · #ac1e44 · #004786 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f8f4cb · #c6b73b · #008c89 · #ac1e44 · #3f3593 · #000202
#C0485E · #D36978 · #E58994 · #F6A9B1 · #FFCBD0
#930E36 · #7A0029 · #5F001E · #460014 · #2E0009
#9E364A · #904550 · #805156
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.