#C74A2F#C74A2F

#C74A2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.165 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A2F
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 47)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 76.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 48.39, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 63.79, 40.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1371 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.165 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5179, 17.2487, 4.6218)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A2F #2FACC7

analogous

#C72F60 #C74A2F #C7962F

triadic

#C74A2F #2FC74A #4A2FC7

tetradic

#C74A2F #60C72F #2FACC7 #962FC7

square

#C74A2F #60C72F #2FACC7 #962FC7

split-complementary

#C74A2F #2FC796 #2F60C7

monochromatic

#642518 #953823 #C74A2F #D8715B #E49C8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C74A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C74A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A2F

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A2F	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)

#6D622B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.165 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08269',
    500: '#c74a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a2f;
$custom-light: #e08269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.658,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57505,
    "c": 0.16502,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A2F

secondary

#84C1CE

accent

#C8E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A2F

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

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