#C74540#C74540

#C74540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.167 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74540
RGB	rgb(199, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 51.35, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 60.19, 31.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1497 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.167 26)
XYZ	xyz(26.6095, 16.7723, 6.6857)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74540 #40C2C7

analogous

#C7407F #C74540 #C78940

triadic

#C74540 #40C745 #4540C7

tetradic

#C74540 #7FC740 #40C2C7 #8940C7

square

#C74540 #7FC740 #40C2C7 #8940C7

split-complementary

#C74540 #40C789 #407FC7

monochromatic

#6D2320 #9C322E #C74540 #D5736F #E3A19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C74540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#C74540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74540

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74540	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.167 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7f75',
    500: '#c74540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74540;
$custom-light: #df7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5712,
    "c": 0.16661,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.16769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74540

secondary

#94CDCF

accent

#D9DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74540

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

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