#C74036#C74036

#C74036 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.173 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74036
RGB	rgb(199, 64, 54)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 52.92, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 64.06, 34.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.1526 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.173 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0553, 16.0791, 5.2209)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74036 #36BDC7

analogous

#C73675 #C74036 #C78936

triadic

#C74036 #36C740 #4036C7

tetradic

#C74036 #75C736 #36BDC7 #8936C7

square

#C74036 #75C736 #36BDC7 #8936C7

split-complementary

#C74036 #36C789 #3675C7

monochromatic

#67211C #973129 #C74036 #D56D65 #E29A95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#C74036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#C74036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74036

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74036	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB173F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 64, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.173 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07c6e',
    500: '#c74036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74036;
$custom-light: #e07c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.138,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56407,
    "c": 0.17307,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74036

secondary

#8BC9CE

accent

#D6E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74036

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

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