#C74253#C74253

#C74253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.168 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74253
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 83)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 58.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 53.79, 19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 57.35, 20.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.161 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.168 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0653, 16.6668, 9.9737)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74253 #42C7B6

analogous

#C74296 #C74253 #C77442

triadic

#C74253 #53C742 #4253C7

tetradic

#C74253 #96C742 #42C7B6 #7442C7

square

#C74253 #96C742 #42C7B6 #7442C7

split-complementary

#C74253 #42C774 #4296C7

monochromatic

#6E212A #9D2F3D #C74253 #D5717E #E3A0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#C74253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C74253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74253

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74253	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)

#646053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D92549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.168 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7e83',
    500: '#c74253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74253;
$custom-light: #de7e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.331,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57124,
    "c": 0.16826,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74253

secondary

#95D0C8

accent

#DECB4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74253

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

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