#C74A2A#C74A2A

#C74A2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.166 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A2A
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 48.20, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 65.33, 42.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1356 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.166 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4228, 17.2106, 4.1207)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A2A #2AA7C7

analogous

#C72A59 #C74A2A #C7982A

triadic

#C74A2A #2AC74A #4A2AC7

tetradic

#C74A2A #59C72A #2AA7C7 #982AC7

square

#C74A2A #59C72A #2AA7C7 #982AC7

split-complementary

#C74A2A #2AC798 #2A59C7

monochromatic

#622415 #94371F #C74A2A #DB6F53 #E59986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C74A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C74A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A2A

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A2A	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)

#6D6225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.166 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08266',
    500: '#c74a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a2a;
$custom-light: #e08266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.229,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57454,
    "c": 0.16611,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A2A

secondary

#7EBECF

accent

#C6E840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A2A

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

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