#C74457#C74457

#C74457 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.166 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74457
RGB	rgb(199, 68, 87)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(351, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 56.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 53.26, 18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 56.22, 18.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.1599 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.166 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3431, 16.9681, 10.8503)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74457 #44C7B4

analogous

#C74498 #C74457 #C77344

triadic

#C74457 #57C744 #4457C7

tetradic

#C74457 #98C744 #44C7B4 #7344C7

square

#C74457 #98C744 #44C7B4 #7344C7

split-complementary

#C74457 #44C773 #4498C7

monochromatic

#6F212D #9E2F40 #C74457 #D57381 #E3A2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C74457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C74457 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74457

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74457	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D92A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 68, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.166 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7f86',
    500: '#c74457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74457;
$custom-light: #de7f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.298,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57436,
    "c": 0.16607,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74457

secondary

#97D0C8

accent

#DDC84B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74457

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

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