#C74249#C74249

#C74249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.169 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74249
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 73)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 53.12, 25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 59.00, 25.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1571 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.169 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7067, 16.5233, 8.0851)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74249 #42C7C0

analogous

#C7428C #C74249 #C77E42

triadic

#C74249 #49C742 #4249C7

tetradic

#C74249 #8CC742 #42C7C0 #7E42C7

square

#C74249 #8CC742 #42C7C0 #7E42C7

split-complementary

#C74249 #42C77E #428CC7

monochromatic

#6E2125 #9D2F34 #C74249 #D57176 #E3A0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C74249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C74249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74249

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74249	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.169 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e7b',
    500: '#c74249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74249;
$custom-light: #df7e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56928,
    "c": 0.16866,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74249

secondary

#95D0CC

accent

#DED64A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74249

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

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