#C74039#C74039

#C74039 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.173 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74039
RGB	rgb(199, 64, 57)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 53.05, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 63.25, 32.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1537 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.173 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1279, 16.1081, 5.6035)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74039 #39C0C7

analogous

#C73979 #C74039 #C78739

triadic

#C74039 #39C740 #4039C7

tetradic

#C74039 #79C739 #39C0C7 #8739C7

square

#C74039 #79C739 #39C0C7 #8739C7

split-complementary

#C74039 #39C787 #3979C7

monochromatic

#68211D #98302B #C74039 #D46E69 #E29C98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#C74039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#C74039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74039

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74039	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)

#665D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 64, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.173 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d70',
    500: '#c74039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74039;
$custom-light: #e07d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.958,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56448,
    "c": 0.17259,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74039

secondary

#8ECBCE

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74039

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

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