#C74231#C74231

#C74231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.172 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74231
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 49)
HSL	hsl(7, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 51.89, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 65.00, 37.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1484 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.172 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0587, 16.2641, 4.6723)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74231 #31B6C7

analogous

#C7316B #C74231 #C78D31

triadic

#C74231 #31C742 #4231C7

tetradic

#C74231 #6BC731 #31B6C7 #8D31C7

square

#C74231 #6BC731 #31B6C7 #8D31C7

split-complementary

#C74231 #31C78D #316BC7

monochromatic

#652119 #963225 #C74231 #D76C5E #E3998F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#C74231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#C74231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74231

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74231	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)

#685E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.172 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d6a',
    500: '#c74231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74231;
$custom-light: #e07d6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.8,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5657,
    "c": 0.17207,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74231

secondary

#86C6CE

accent

#D2E444

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74231

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

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