#C74537#C74537

#C74537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.168 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74537
RGB	rgb(199, 69, 55)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 50.90, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 62.58, 35.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1465 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.168 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3737, 16.6780, 5.4441)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74537 #37B9C7

analogous

#C73771 #C74537 #C78D37

triadic

#C74537 #37C745 #4537C7

tetradic

#C74537 #71C737 #37B9C7 #8D37C7

square

#C74537 #71C737 #37B9C7 #8D37C7

split-complementary

#C74537 #37C78D #3771C7

monochromatic

#67241C #97342A #C74537 #D57166 #E29E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C74537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C74537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74537

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74537	1.00	4.84	4.33	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 69, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.168 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f6e',
    500: '#c74537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74537;
$custom-light: #e07f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56992,
    "c": 0.16812,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74537

secondary

#8CC7CD

accent

#D1E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74537

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

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