#C74438#C74438

#C74438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.169 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74438
RGB	rgb(199, 68, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 51.37, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 62.54, 34.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1482 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.169 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3370, 16.5657, 5.5513)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74438 #38BBC7

analogous

#C73874 #C74438 #C78B38

triadic

#C74438 #38C744 #4438C7

tetradic

#C74438 #74C738 #38BBC7 #8B38C7

square

#C74438 #74C738 #38BBC7 #8B38C7

split-complementary

#C74438 #38C78B #3874C7

monochromatic

#67231D #97342B #C74438 #D47168 #E29E98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C74438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C74438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74438

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74438	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)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 68, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.169 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f6f',
    500: '#c74438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74438;
$custom-light: #e07f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.035,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56888,
    "c": 0.16891,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74438

secondary

#8DC8CD

accent

#D3DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74438

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

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