#C74A2D#C74A2D

#C74A2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.165 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A2D
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 45)
HSL	hsl(11, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 77.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 48.31, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 64.41, 41.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1365 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.165 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4785, 17.2329, 4.4141)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A2D #2DAAC7

analogous

#C72D5D #C74A2D #C7972D

triadic

#C74A2D #2DC74A #4A2DC7

tetradic

#C74A2D #5DC72D #2DAAC7 #972DC7

square

#C74A2D #5DC72D #2DAAC7 #972DC7

split-complementary

#C74A2D #2DC797 #2D5DC7

monochromatic

#632516 #953722 #C74A2D #D97058 #E59B8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C74A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C74A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A2D

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A2D	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.165 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08268',
    500: '#c74a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a2d;
$custom-light: #e08268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.299,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57484,
    "c": 0.16546,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A2D

secondary

#81C0CE

accent

#C7E642

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A2D

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

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