#C74A3D#C74A3D

#C74A3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.162 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A3D
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 61)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 49.03, 34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 59.68, 34.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1418 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.162 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8470, 17.3803, 6.3550)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A3D #3DBAC7

analogous

#C73D75 #C74A3D #C78F3D

triadic

#C74A3D #3DC74A #4A3DC7

tetradic

#C74A3D #75C73D #3DBAC7 #8F3DC7

square

#C74A3D #75C73D #3DBAC7 #8F3DC7

split-complementary

#C74A3D #3DC78F #3D75C7

monochromatic

#6B261F #9A372D #C74A3D #D5766C #E2A39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#C74A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#C74A3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A3D

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A3D	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.162 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8273',
    500: '#c74a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a3d;
$custom-light: #df8273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57681,
    "c": 0.16207,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A3D

secondary

#91C9CE

accent

#D0DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A3D

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

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