#C74A41#C74A41

#C74A41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.161 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A41
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 65)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.79, 49.24, 31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.79, 58.62, 32.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1433 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.161 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9588, 17.4250, 6.9438)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A41 #41BEC7

analogous

#C7417B #C74A41 #C78D41

triadic

#C74A41 #41C74A #4A41C7

tetradic

#C74A41 #7BC741 #41BEC7 #8D41C7

square

#C74A41 #7BC741 #41BEC7 #8D41C7

split-complementary

#C74A41 #41C78D #417BC7

monochromatic

#6D2520 #9D362E #C74A41 #D57770 #E3A4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C74A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#C74A41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A41

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A41	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B633F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.161 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8276',
    500: '#c74a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a41;
$custom-light: #df8276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.03,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5774,
    "c": 0.16134,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A41

secondary

#95CBCF

accent

#D4DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A41

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

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