#C74543#C74543

#C74543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.166 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74543
RGB	rgb(199, 69, 67)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 51.52, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 59.46, 29.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1508 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.166 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6972, 16.8073, 7.1474)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74543 #43C5C7

analogous

#C74383 #C74543 #C78743

triadic

#C74543 #43C745 #4543C7

tetradic

#C74543 #83C743 #43C5C7 #8743C7

square

#C74543 #83C743 #43C5C7 #8743C7

split-complementary

#C74543 #43C787 #4383C7

monochromatic

#6F2221 #9E312F #C74543 #D57472 #E3A2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C74543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C74543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74543

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74543	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)

#686042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 69, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.166 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7f77',
    500: '#c74543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74543;
$custom-light: #df7f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57168,
    "c": 0.16619,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74543

secondary

#96CFD0

accent

#DBDD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74543

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

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