#C74245#C74245

#C74245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.169 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74245
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 69)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 52.88, 27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 59.83, 27.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1555 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.169 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5783, 16.4720, 7.4089)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74245 #42C7C4

analogous

#C74287 #C74245 #C78242

triadic

#C74245 #45C742 #4245C7

tetradic

#C74245 #87C742 #42C7C4 #8242C7

square

#C74245 #87C742 #42C7C4 #8242C7

split-complementary

#C74245 #42C782 #4287C7

monochromatic

#6E2122 #9D2F31 #C74245 #D57173 #E3A0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C74245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C74245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74245

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74245	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.169 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e78',
    500: '#c74245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74245;
$custom-light: #df7e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.647,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56857,
    "c": 0.16903,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74245

secondary

#95D0CE

accent

#DEDA4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74245

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

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