#C74043#C74043

#C74043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.171 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74043
RGB	rgb(199, 64, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 53.57, 28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 60.80, 28.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.1573 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.171 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4025, 16.2179, 7.0492)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74043 #40C7C4

analogous

#C74087 #C74043 #C78140

triadic

#C74043 #43C740 #4043C7

tetradic

#C74043 #87C740 #40C7C4 #8140C7

square

#C74043 #87C740 #40C7C4 #8140C7

split-complementary

#C74043 #40C781 #4087C7

monochromatic

#6D2022 #9C2E30 #C74043 #D56F72 #E39FA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#C74043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C74043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74043

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74043	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 64, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.171 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7d77',
    500: '#c74043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74043;
$custom-light: #df7d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56601,
    "c": 0.17127,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74043

secondary

#94CFCE

accent

#DEDB4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74043

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

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