#C74548#C74548

#C74548 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.166 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74548
RGB	rgb(199, 69, 72)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 63.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 51.81, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 58.35, 27.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1527 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.166 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8537, 16.8700, 7.9718)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74548 #45C7C4

analogous

#C74589 #C74548 #C78345

triadic

#C74548 #48C745 #4548C7

tetradic

#C74548 #89C745 #45C7C4 #8345C7

square

#C74548 #89C745 #45C7C4 #8345C7

split-complementary

#C74548 #45C783 #4589C7

monochromatic

#702223 #9F3032 #C74548 #D57476 #E3A3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C74548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C74548 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74548

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74548	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 69, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.166 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7f7b',
    500: '#c74548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74548;
$custom-light: #df7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.615,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57253,
    "c": 0.16559,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74548

secondary

#98D0CF

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74548

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

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