#C74738#C74738

#C74738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.166 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74738
RGB	rgb(199, 71, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 50.09, 36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 61.82, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1442 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.166 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5231, 16.9379, 5.6133)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74738 #38B8C7

analogous

#C73870 #C74738 #C78F38

triadic

#C74738 #38C747 #4738C7

tetradic

#C74738 #70C738 #38B8C7 #8F38C7

square

#C74738 #70C738 #38B8C7 #8F38C7

split-complementary

#C74738 #38C78F #3870C7

monochromatic

#67251D #97362B #C74738 #D47368 #E29F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C74738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C74738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74738

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74738	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 71, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.166 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0806f',
    500: '#c74738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74738;
$custom-light: #e0806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.294,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57243,
    "c": 0.166,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74738

secondary

#8DC7CD

accent

#D0DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74738

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

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