#C74238#C74238

#C74238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.171 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74238
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 52.20, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 63.03, 34.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1508 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.171 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2181, 16.3279, 5.5117)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74238 #38BDC7

analogous

#C73875 #C74238 #C78A38

triadic

#C74238 #38C742 #4238C7

tetradic

#C74238 #75C738 #38BDC7 #8A38C7

square

#C74238 #75C738 #38BDC7 #8A38C7

split-complementary

#C74238 #38C78A #3875C7

monochromatic

#67221D #97322B #C74238 #D46F68 #E29D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#C74238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#C74238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74238

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74238	1.00	4.92	4.26	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.171 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e6f',
    500: '#c74238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74238;
$custom-light: #e07e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.196,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56658,
    "c": 0.17084,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74238

secondary

#8DC9CD

accent

#D5DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74238

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

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