#C74A45#C74A45

#C74A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.161 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A45
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 69)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 49.48, 29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 57.63, 30.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% 0.1448 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.161 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0788, 17.4730, 7.5758)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A45 #45C2C7

analogous

#C74581 #C74A45 #C78B45

triadic

#C74A45 #45C74A #4A45C7

tetradic

#C74A45 #81C745 #45C2C7 #8B45C7

square

#C74A45 #81C745 #45C2C7 #8B45C7

split-complementary

#C74A45 #45C78B #4581C7

monochromatic

#702522 #9F3430 #C74A45 #D57874 #E3A6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#C74A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C74A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A45

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A45	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.161 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8279',
    500: '#c74a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a45;
$custom-light: #df8279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57804,
    "c": 0.16069,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A45

secondary

#98CED0

accent

#D7DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A45

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

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