#C74437#C74437

#C74437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.169 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74437
RGB	rgb(199, 68, 55)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 51.32, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 62.82, 35.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1478 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.169 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3127, 16.5560, 5.4238)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74437 #37BAC7

analogous

#C73772 #C74437 #C78C37

triadic

#C74437 #37C744 #4437C7

tetradic

#C74437 #72C737 #37BAC7 #8C37C7

square

#C74437 #72C737 #37BAC7 #8C37C7

split-complementary

#C74437 #37C78C #3772C7

monochromatic

#67231C #97342A #C74437 #D57066 #E29D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C74437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C74437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74437

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74437	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)

#695F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 68, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.169 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f6e',
    500: '#c74437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74437;
$custom-light: #e07f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56874,
    "c": 0.16909,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74437

secondary

#8CC8CD

accent

#D2E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74437

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

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