#C74840#C74840

#C74840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.164 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74840
RGB	rgb(199, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 50.07, 31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 59.40, 32.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1457 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.164 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7987, 17.1507, 6.7488)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74840 #40BFC7

analogous

#C7407B #C74840 #C78C40

triadic

#C74840 #40C748 #4840C7

tetradic

#C74840 #7BC740 #40BFC7 #8C40C7

square

#C74840 #7BC740 #40BFC7 #8C40C7

split-complementary

#C74840 #40C78C #407BC7

monochromatic

#6D2420 #9C342E #C74840 #D5756F #E3A39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#C74840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#C74840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74840

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74840	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2A47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.164 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8175',
    500: '#c74840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74840;
$custom-light: #df8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57479,
    "c": 0.16357,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74840

secondary

#94CCCF

accent

#D5DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74840

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

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