#C74255#C74255

#C74255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.168 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74255
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 85)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 57.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 53.93, 18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 57.10, 19.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1618 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.168 16)
XYZ	xyz(27.1436, 16.6981, 10.3863)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74255 #42C7B4

analogous

#C74297 #C74255 #C77242

triadic

#C74255 #55C742 #4255C7

tetradic

#C74255 #97C742 #42C7B4 #7242C7

square

#C74255 #97C742 #42C7B4 #7242C7

split-complementary

#C74255 #42C772 #4297C7

monochromatic

#6E212C #9D2F3E #C74255 #D5717F #E3A0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C74255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C74255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74255

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74255	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9264A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.168 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7e84',
    500: '#c74255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74255;
$custom-light: #de7e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57167,
    "c": 0.16828,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.16694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74255

secondary

#95D0C7

accent

#DEC94A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74255

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

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