#C74237#C74237

#C74237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.171 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74237
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 52.15, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 63.30, 34.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1504 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.171 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1938, 16.3182, 5.3841)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74237 #37BCC7

analogous

#C73774 #C74237 #C78A37

triadic

#C74237 #37C742 #4237C7

tetradic

#C74237 #74C737 #37BCC7 #8A37C7

square

#C74237 #74C737 #37BCC7 #8A37C7

split-complementary

#C74237 #37C78A #3774C7

monochromatic

#67221C #97322A #C74237 #D56F66 #E29C96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#C74237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#C74237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74237

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74237	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)

#675E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.171 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e6e',
    500: '#c74237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74237;
$custom-light: #e07e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56645,
    "c": 0.17101,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74237

secondary

#8CC9CD

accent

#D4E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74237

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

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