#C74A36#C74A36

#C74A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.164 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A36
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 48.69, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 61.68, 37.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.1394 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.164 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6706, 17.3098, 5.4260)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A36 #36B3C7

analogous

#C7366B #C74A36 #C79336

triadic

#C74A36 #36C74A #4A36C7

tetradic

#C74A36 #6BC736 #36B3C7 #9336C7

square

#C74A36 #6BC736 #36B3C7 #9336C7

split-complementary

#C74A36 #36C793 #366BC7

monochromatic

#67261C #973829 #C74A36 #D57465 #E2A095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#C74A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C74A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A36

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A36	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)

#6D6233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.164 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0826e',
    500: '#c74a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a36;
$custom-light: #e0826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57587,
    "c": 0.1635,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A36

secondary

#8BC4CE

accent

#CBE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A36

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

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