#C74A43#C74A43

#C74A43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.161 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A43
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 67)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 49.36, 30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 58.12, 31.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.144 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.161 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0178, 17.4486, 7.2543)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A43 #43C0C7

analogous

#C7437E #C74A43 #C78C43

triadic

#C74A43 #43C74A #4A43C7

tetradic

#C74A43 #7EC743 #43C0C7 #8C43C7

square

#C74A43 #7EC743 #43C0C7 #8C43C7

split-complementary

#C74A43 #43C78C #437EC7

monochromatic

#6F2521 #9E352F #C74A43 #D57772 #E3A5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C74A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C74A43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A43

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A43	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)

#6B6341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.161 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8277',
    500: '#c74a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a43;
$custom-light: #df8277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57772,
    "c": 0.16101,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A43

secondary

#96CDD0

accent

#D6DD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A43

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

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