#C74936#C74936

#C74936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.164 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74936
RGB	rgb(199, 73, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 49.13, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 61.91, 37.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1407 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.164 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6044, 17.1773, 5.4040)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74936 #36B4C7

analogous

#C7366C #C74936 #C79236

triadic

#C74936 #36C749 #4936C7

tetradic

#C74936 #6CC736 #36B4C7 #9236C7

square

#C74936 #6CC736 #36B4C7 #9236C7

split-complementary

#C74936 #36C792 #366CC7

monochromatic

#67261C #973729 #C74936 #D57465 #E29F95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#C74936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#C74936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74936

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74936	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)

#6C6233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 73, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.164 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0816e',
    500: '#c74936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74936;
$custom-light: #e0816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.862,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57462,
    "c": 0.16446,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74936

secondary

#8BC5CE

accent

#CCE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74936

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

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