#C74257#C74257

#C74257 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.168 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74257
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 87)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 56.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 54.08, 17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 56.87, 18.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1626 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.168 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2242, 16.7303, 10.8107)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74257 #42C7B2

analogous

#C7429A #C74257 #C76F42

triadic

#C74257 #57C742 #4257C7

tetradic

#C74257 #9AC742 #42C7B2 #6F42C7

square

#C74257 #9AC742 #42C7B2 #6F42C7

split-complementary

#C74257 #42C76F #429AC7

monochromatic

#6E212D #9D2F40 #C74257 #D57181 #E3A0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#C74257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#C74257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74257

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74257	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9274A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.168 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7e86',
    500: '#c74257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74257;
$custom-light: #de7e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57211,
    "c": 0.16833,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74257

secondary

#95D0C6

accent

#DEC64A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74257

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

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