#C74536#C74536

#C74536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.168 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74536
RGB	rgb(199, 69, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 50.85, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 62.86, 36.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1461 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.168 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3500, 16.6685, 5.3192)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74536 #36B8C7

analogous

#C73670 #C74536 #C78E36

triadic

#C74536 #36C745 #4536C7

tetradic

#C74536 #70C736 #36B8C7 #8E36C7

square

#C74536 #70C736 #36B8C7 #8E36C7

split-complementary

#C74536 #36C78E #3670C7

monochromatic

#67241C #973429 #C74536 #D57165 #E29D95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#C74536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C74536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74536

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74536	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 69, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.168 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f6e',
    500: '#c74536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74536;
$custom-light: #e07f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56979,
    "c": 0.16831,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74536

secondary

#8BC7CE

accent

#D1E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74536

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

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