#C74251#C74251

#C74251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.168 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74251
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 81)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 59.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 53.65, 21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 57.63, 21.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1602 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.168 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9892, 16.6363, 9.5729)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74251 #42C7B8

analogous

#C74294 #C74251 #C77642

triadic

#C74251 #51C742 #4251C7

tetradic

#C74251 #94C742 #42C7B8 #7642C7

square

#C74251 #94C742 #42C7B8 #7642C7

split-complementary

#C74251 #42C776 #4294C7

monochromatic

#6E2129 #9D2F3B #C74251 #D5717C #E3A0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#C74251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C74251 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74251

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74251	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.168 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e81',
    500: '#c74251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74251;
$custom-light: #df7e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.233,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57083,
    "c": 0.16828,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74251

secondary

#95D0C9

accent

#DECD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74251

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

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