#C74A35#C74A35

#C74A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.164 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A35
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 53)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 48.64, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 61.97, 38.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.139 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.164 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6474, 17.3005, 5.3036)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A35 #35B2C7

analogous

#C73569 #C74A35 #C79335

triadic

#C74A35 #35C74A #4A35C7

tetradic

#C74A35 #69C735 #35B2C7 #9335C7

square

#C74A35 #69C735 #35B2C7 #9335C7

split-complementary

#C74A35 #35C793 #3569C7

monochromatic

#66261B #973828 #C74A35 #D67464 #E29F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#C74A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C74A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A35

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A35	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)

#6D6232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.164 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0826d',
    500: '#c74a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a35;
$custom-light: #e0826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.63,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57574,
    "c": 0.16371,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A35

secondary

#8AC4CE

accent

#CBE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A35

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

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