#C74A38#C74A38

#C74A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.163 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A38
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 48.78, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 61.09, 37.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1401 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.163 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7186, 17.3289, 5.6785)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A38 #38B5C7

analogous

#C7386E #C74A38 #C79138

triadic

#C74A38 #38C74A #4A38C7

tetradic

#C74A38 #6EC738 #38B5C7 #9138C7

square

#C74A38 #6EC738 #38B5C7 #9138C7

split-complementary

#C74A38 #38C791 #386EC7

monochromatic

#67261D #97382B #C74A38 #D47568 #E2A198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C74A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C74A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A38

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A38	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.163 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0826f',
    500: '#c74a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a38;
$custom-light: #e0826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.552,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57612,
    "c": 0.16307,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A38

secondary

#8DC5CD

accent

#CCDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A38

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

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