#C74342#C74342

#C74342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.168 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74342
RGB	rgb(199, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 52.30, 29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 60.23, 29.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1531 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.168 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5465, 16.5535, 6.9505)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74342 #42C6C7

analogous

#C74284 #C74342 #C78642

triadic

#C74342 #42C743 #4342C7

tetradic

#C74342 #84C742 #42C6C7 #8642C7

square

#C74342 #84C742 #42C6C7 #8642C7

split-complementary

#C74342 #42C786 #4284C7

monochromatic

#6E2121 #9D2F2F #C74342 #D57271 #E3A1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C74342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C74342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74342

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74342	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.168 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e76',
    500: '#c74342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74342;
$custom-light: #df7e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.451,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5692,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74342

secondary

#95CFD0

accent

#DDDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74342

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

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