#C74542#C74542

#C74542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.166 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74542
RGB	rgb(199, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 51.46, 30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 59.70, 30.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.1505 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.166 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6674, 16.7954, 6.9908)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74542 #42C4C7

analogous

#C74282 #C74542 #C78742

triadic

#C74542 #42C745 #4542C7

tetradic

#C74542 #82C742 #42C4C7 #8742C7

square

#C74542 #82C742 #42C4C7 #8742C7

split-complementary

#C74542 #42C787 #4282C7

monochromatic

#6E2221 #9D312F #C74542 #D57371 #E3A2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C74542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C74542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74542

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74542	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)

#686041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.166 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7f76',
    500: '#c74542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74542;
$custom-light: #df7f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.353,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57152,
    "c": 0.16632,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74542

secondary

#95CED0

accent

#DADE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74542

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

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