#C74924#C74924

#C74924 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.168 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74924
RGB	rgb(199, 73, 36)
HSL	hsl(14, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 81.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 48.45, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 67.39, 44.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1353 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.168 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2571, 17.0384, 3.5749)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74924 #24A2C7

analogous

#C72450 #C74924 #C79A24

triadic

#C74924 #24C749 #4924C7

tetradic

#C74924 #50C724 #24A2C7 #9A24C7

square

#C74924 #50C724 #24A2C7 #9A24C7

split-complementary

#C74924 #24C79A #2450C7

monochromatic

#5F2311 #93361B #C74924 #DE6C4A #E8967E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#C74924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C74924 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74924

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74924	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D611E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 73, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.168 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18162',
    500: '#c74924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74924;
$custom-light: #e18162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.62,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57275,
    "c": 0.16829,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74924

secondary

#77BCD0

accent

#C4EC3C

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FEEFEA

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74924

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

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