#C74A24#C74A24

#C74A24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.167 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A24
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 36)
HSL	hsl(14, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 81.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 48.01, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 67.18, 44.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.134 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.167 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3234, 17.1708, 3.5969)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A24 #24A1C7

analogous

#C7244F #C74A24 #C79B24

triadic

#C74A24 #24C74A #4A24C7

tetradic

#C74A24 #4FC724 #24A1C7 #9B24C7

square

#C74A24 #4FC724 #24A1C7 #9B24C7

split-complementary

#C74A24 #24C79B #244FC7

monochromatic

#5F2311 #93371B #C74A24 #DE6D4A #E8967E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#C74A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#C74A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A24

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A24	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)

#6E621E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.167 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18262',
    500: '#c74a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a24;
$custom-light: #e18262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.988,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57401,
    "c": 0.1674,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A24

secondary

#77BBD0

accent

#C3EC3C

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FEEFEA

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A24

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

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