#C74545#C74545

#C74545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.166 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74545
RGB	rgb(199, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 51.63, 28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 59.00, 28.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.1516 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.166 24)
XYZ	xyz(26.7582, 16.8318, 7.4689)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74545 #45C7C7

analogous

#C74586 #C74545 #C78645

triadic

#C74545 #45C745 #4545C7

tetradic

#C74545 #86C745 #45C7C7 #8645C7

square

#C74545 #86C745 #45C7C7 #8645C7

split-complementary

#C74545 #45C786 #4586C7

monochromatic

#702222 #9F3030 #C74545 #D57474 #E3A3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C74545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C74545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74545

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74545	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.166 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7f78',
    500: '#c74545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74545;
$custom-light: #df7f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57201,
    "c": 0.16593,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.16828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74545

secondary

#98D0D0

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74545

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

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