#C74A42#C74A42

#C74A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.161 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A42
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 49.30, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 58.37, 32.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1437 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.161 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.9881, 17.4367, 7.0977)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A42 #42BFC7

analogous

#C7427D #C74A42 #C78D42

triadic

#C74A42 #42C74A #4A42C7

tetradic

#C74A42 #7DC742 #42BFC7 #8D42C7

square

#C74A42 #7DC742 #42BFC7 #8D42C7

split-complementary

#C74A42 #42C78D #427DC7

monochromatic

#6E2521 #9D352F #C74A42 #D57771 #E3A4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C74A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C74A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A42

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A42	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.161 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8276',
    500: '#c74a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a42;
$custom-light: #df8276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.609,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57756,
    "c": 0.16118,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.17433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A42

secondary

#95CCD0

accent

#D5DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A42

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

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