#C74A32#C74A32

#C74A32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.164 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A32
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 50)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 48.51, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 62.87, 39.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1381 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.164 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5805, 17.2737, 4.9515)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A32 #32AFC7

analogous

#C73265 #C74A32 #C79532

triadic

#C74A32 #32C74A #4A32C7

tetradic

#C74A32 #65C732 #32AFC7 #9532C7

square

#C74A32 #65C732 #32AFC7 #9532C7

split-complementary

#C74A32 #32C795 #3265C7

monochromatic

#652619 #963826 #C74A32 #D7735F #E39E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#C74A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C74A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A32

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A32	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.164 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0826b',
    500: '#c74a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a32;
$custom-light: #e0826b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.664,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57538,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A32

secondary

#87C2CE

accent

#CAE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A32

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

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