#C74038#C74038

#C74038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.173 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74038
RGB	rgb(199, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 53.01, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 63.51, 33.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1533 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.173 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1032, 16.0982, 5.4734)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74038 #38BFC7

analogous

#C73877 #C74038 #C78838

triadic

#C74038 #38C740 #4038C7

tetradic

#C74038 #77C738 #38BFC7 #8838C7

square

#C74038 #77C738 #38BFC7 #8838C7

split-complementary

#C74038 #38C788 #3877C7

monochromatic

#67211D #97312B #C74038 #D46E68 #E29C98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#C74038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#C74038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74038

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74038	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)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB173F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.173 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d6f',
    500: '#c74038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74038;
$custom-light: #e07d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.357,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56434,
    "c": 0.17275,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74038

secondary

#8DCACD

accent

#D7DF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74038

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

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