#C74A2C#C74A2C

#C74A2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.166 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A2C
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 44)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 48.27, 43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 64.71, 41.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1362 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.166 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4595, 17.2253, 4.3139)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A2C #2CA9C7

analogous

#C72C5B #C74A2C #C7982C

triadic

#C74A2C #2CC74A #4A2CC7

tetradic

#C74A2C #5BC72C #2CA9C7 #982CC7

square

#C74A2C #5BC72C #2CA9C7 #982CC7

split-complementary

#C74A2C #2CC798 #2C5BC7

monochromatic

#632516 #953721 #C74A2C #DA7056 #E59A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C74A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C74A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A2C

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A2C	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)

#6D6228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.166 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08267',
    500: '#c74a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a2c;
$custom-light: #e08267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57474,
    "c": 0.16568,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A2C

secondary

#80BFCF

accent

#C7E741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A2C

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

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