#C74142#C74142

#C74142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.170 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74142
RGB	rgb(199, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(360, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 53.11, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 60.76, 29.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1557 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.17 24)
XYZ	xyz(26.4296, 16.3198, 6.9115)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74142 #41C7C6

analogous

#C74185 #C74142 #C78341

triadic

#C74142 #42C741 #4142C7

tetradic

#C74142 #85C741 #41C7C6 #8341C7

square

#C74142 #85C741 #41C7C6 #8341C7

split-complementary

#C74142 #41C783 #4185C7

monochromatic

#6D2021 #9D2E2F #C74142 #D57071 #E3A0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#C74142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#C74142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74142

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74142	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.170 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7d76',
    500: '#c74142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74142;
$custom-light: #df7d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56695,
    "c": 0.17038,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.16316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74142

secondary

#95CFCF

accent

#DEDD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74142

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

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