#C74A34#C74A34

#C74A34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.164 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A34
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 52)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 73.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 48.60, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 62.27, 38.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.1387 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.164 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6246, 17.2914, 5.1837)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A34 #34B1C7

analogous

#C73467 #C74A34 #C79434

triadic

#C74A34 #34C74A #4A34C7

tetradic

#C74A34 #67C734 #34B1C7 #9434C7

square

#C74A34 #67C734 #34B1C7 #9434C7

split-complementary

#C74A34 #34C794 #3467C7

monochromatic

#66261B #963827 #C74A34 #D67462 #E39F93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#C74A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C74A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A34

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A34	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.164 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0826c',
    500: '#c74a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a34;
$custom-light: #e0826c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.98,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57562,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A34

secondary

#89C3CE

accent

#CAE246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A34

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

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