#C74646#C74646

#C74646 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.165 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74646
RGB	rgb(199, 70, 70)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 64.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 51.27, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 58.50, 28.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1506 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.165 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8515, 16.9683, 7.6544)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74646 #46C7C7

analogous

#C74686 #C74646 #C78646

triadic

#C74646 #46C746 #4646C7

tetradic

#C74646 #86C746 #46C7C7 #8646C7

square

#C74646 #86C746 #46C7C7 #8646C7

split-complementary

#C74646 #46C786 #4686C7

monochromatic

#712222 #A03030 #C74646 #D57575 #E3A4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C74646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C74646 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74646

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74646	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 70, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.165 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8079',
    500: '#c74646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74646;
$custom-light: #df8079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57336,
    "c": 0.16477,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74646

secondary

#98D0D0

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74646

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

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