#C74638#C74638

#C74638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.167 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74638
RGB	rgb(199, 70, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 50.52, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 62.06, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1455 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.167 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4600, 16.8117, 5.5923)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74638 #38B9C7

analogous

#C73872 #C74638 #C78D38

triadic

#C74638 #38C746 #4638C7

tetradic

#C74638 #72C738 #38B9C7 #8D38C7

square

#C74638 #72C738 #38B9C7 #8D38C7

split-complementary

#C74638 #38C78D #3872C7

monochromatic

#67241D #97352B #C74638 #D47268 #E29F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C74638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C74638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74638

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74638	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 70, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.167 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0806f',
    500: '#c74638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74638;
$custom-light: #e0806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.874,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57123,
    "c": 0.16698,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74638

secondary

#8DC7CD

accent

#D1DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74638

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

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