#C74045#C74045

#C74045 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.171 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74045
RGB	rgb(199, 64, 69)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 53.69, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 60.37, 27.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1581 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.171 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4635, 16.2423, 7.3707)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74045 #40C7C2

analogous

#C74089 #C74045 #C77F40

triadic

#C74045 #45C740 #4045C7

tetradic

#C74045 #89C740 #40C7C2 #7F40C7

square

#C74045 #89C740 #40C7C2 #7F40C7

split-complementary

#C74045 #40C77F #4089C7

monochromatic

#6D2023 #9C2E32 #C74045 #D56F73 #E39FA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#C74045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#C74045 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74045

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74045	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645E44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 64, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.171 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7d78',
    500: '#c74045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74045;
$custom-light: #df7d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56635,
    "c": 0.17107,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74045

secondary

#94CFCD

accent

#DED94A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74045

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

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