#C74A3C#C74A3C

#C74A3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.162 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A3C
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 60)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 48.98, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 59.96, 35.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1415 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.162 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8204, 17.3696, 6.2145)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A3C #3CB9C7

analogous

#C73C73 #C74A3C #C78F3C

triadic

#C74A3C #3CC74A #4A3CC7

tetradic

#C74A3C #73C73C #3CB9C7 #8F3CC7

square

#C74A3C #73C73C #3CB9C7 #8F3CC7

split-complementary

#C74A3C #3CC78F #3C73C7

monochromatic

#6A261E #9A372C #C74A3C #D5766C #E2A29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#C74A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C74A3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A3C

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A3C	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2C47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.162 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8272',
    500: '#c74a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a3c;
$custom-light: #df8272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.043,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57667,
    "c": 0.16226,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A3C

secondary

#91C8CE

accent

#D0DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A3C

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

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