#C74239#C74239

#C74239 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.171 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74239
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 57)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, 52.24, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 62.76, 33.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1511 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.171 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2428, 16.3378, 5.6418)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74239 #39BEC7

analogous

#C73977 #C74239 #C78939

triadic

#C74239 #39C742 #4239C7

tetradic

#C74239 #77C739 #39BEC7 #8939C7

square

#C74239 #77C739 #39BEC7 #8939C7

split-complementary

#C74239 #39C789 #3977C7

monochromatic

#68221D #98322B #C74239 #D47069 #E29D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#C74239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#C74239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74239

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74239	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.171 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e70',
    500: '#c74239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74239;
$custom-light: #e07e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.803,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56672,
    "c": 0.17067,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74239

secondary

#8ECACE

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74239

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

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