#C74A49#C74A49

#C74A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.160 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A49
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 49.72, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 56.71, 28.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1463 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.16 24)
XYZ	xyz(27.2072, 17.5244, 8.2519)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A49 #49C6C7

analogous

#C74987 #C74A49 #C78949

triadic

#C74A49 #49C74A #4A49C7

tetradic

#C74A49 #87C749 #49C6C7 #8949C7

square

#C74A49 #87C749 #49C6C7 #8949C7

split-complementary

#C74A49 #49C789 #4987C7

monochromatic

#722423 #A13232 #C74A49 #D57978 #E4A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#C74A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#C74A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A49

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A49	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.160 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df827b',
    500: '#c74a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a49;
$custom-light: #df827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.476,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57872,
    "c": 0.16014,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.17521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A49

secondary

#9BD1D1

accent

#DBDC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A49

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

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