#C74938#C74938

#C74938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.164 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74938
RGB	rgb(199, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 49.22, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 61.33, 36.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1414 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.164 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6524, 17.1965, 5.6564)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74938 #38B6C7

analogous

#C7386E #C74938 #C79138

triadic

#C74938 #38C749 #4938C7

tetradic

#C74938 #6EC738 #38B6C7 #9138C7

square

#C74938 #6EC738 #38B6C7 #9138C7

split-complementary

#C74938 #38C791 #386EC7

monochromatic

#67261D #97372B #C74938 #D47568 #E2A098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C74938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C74938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74938

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74938	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.164 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0816f',
    500: '#c74938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74938;
$custom-light: #e0816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.133,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57488,
    "c": 0.16405,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74938

secondary

#8DC6CD

accent

#CDDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74938

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

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