#C74A44#C74A44

#C74A44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.161 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A44
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 68)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 65.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, 49.42, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 57.87, 31.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1444 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.161 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0481, 17.4607, 7.4137)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A44 #44C1C7

analogous

#C74480 #C74A44 #C78B44

triadic

#C74A44 #44C74A #4A44C7

tetradic

#C74A44 #80C744 #44C1C7 #8B44C7

square

#C74A44 #80C744 #44C1C7 #8B44C7

split-complementary

#C74A44 #44C78B #4480C7

monochromatic

#6F2521 #9E352F #C74A44 #D57873 #E3A5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C74A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C74A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A44

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A44	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)

#6B6342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.161 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8278',
    500: '#c74a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a44;
$custom-light: #df8278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.748,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57788,
    "c": 0.16085,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A44

secondary

#97CDD0

accent

#D7DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A44

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

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