#C74138#C74138

#C74138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.172 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74138
RGB	rgb(199, 65, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 52.60, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 63.27, 33.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.152 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.172 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1601, 16.2120, 5.4924)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74138 #38BEC7

analogous

#C73877 #C74138 #C78838

triadic

#C74138 #38C741 #4138C7

tetradic

#C74138 #77C738 #38BEC7 #8838C7

square

#C74138 #77C738 #38BEC7 #8838C7

split-complementary

#C74138 #38C788 #3877C7

monochromatic

#67221D #97312B #C74138 #D46F68 #E29C98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#C74138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C74138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74138

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74138	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)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.172 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d6f',
    500: '#c74138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74138;
$custom-light: #e07d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.776,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56545,
    "c": 0.17179,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74138

secondary

#8DC9CD

accent

#D6DF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74138

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

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