#C74541#C74541

#C74541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.166 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74541
RGB	rgb(199, 69, 65)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 51.41, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 59.94, 30.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1501 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.166 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6382, 16.7838, 6.8369)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74541 #41C3C7

analogous

#C74180 #C74541 #C78841

triadic

#C74541 #41C745 #4541C7

tetradic

#C74541 #80C741 #41C3C7 #8841C7

square

#C74541 #80C741 #41C3C7 #8841C7

split-complementary

#C74541 #41C788 #4180C7

monochromatic

#6D2320 #9D312E #C74541 #D57370 #E3A2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C74541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C74541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74541

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74541	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 69, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.166 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7f76',
    500: '#c74541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74541;
$custom-light: #df7f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57136,
    "c": 0.16646,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74541

secondary

#95CECF

accent

#D9DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74541

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

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