#C74A2E#C74A2E

#C74A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.165 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A2E
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 76.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 48.35, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 64.10, 41.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1368 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.165 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4980, 17.2407, 4.5167)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A2E #2EABC7

analogous

#C72E5F #C74A2E #C7962E

triadic

#C74A2E #2EC74A #4A2EC7

tetradic

#C74A2E #5FC72E #2EABC7 #962EC7

square

#C74A2E #5FC72E #2EABC7 #962EC7

split-complementary

#C74A2E #2EC796 #2E5FC7

monochromatic

#642517 #953823 #C74A2E #D97159 #E49B8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C74A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C74A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A2E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A2E	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)

#6D622A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.165 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08268',
    500: '#c74a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a2e;
$custom-light: #e08268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.98,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57494,
    "c": 0.16524,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A2E

secondary

#83C0CE

accent

#C8E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A2E

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

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