#C74A4D#C74A4D

#C74A4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.160 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A4D
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 77)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 61.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 49.98, 25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 55.89, 26.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.1479 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.16 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3441, 17.5791, 8.9730)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A4D #4AC7C4

analogous

#C74A8B #C74A4D #C7854A

triadic

#C74A4D #4DC74A #4A4DC7

tetradic

#C74A4D #8BC74A #4AC7C4 #854AC7

square

#C74A4D #8BC74A #4AC7C4 #854AC7

split-complementary

#C74A4D #4AC785 #4A8BC7

monochromatic

#732425 #A23235 #C74A4D #D5797B #E4A7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C74A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C74A4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A4D

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A4D	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA304C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.160 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de827e',
    500: '#c74a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a4d;
$custom-light: #de827e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.56,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57945,
    "c": 0.15968,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A4D

secondary

#9CD1D0

accent

#DCD94C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A4D

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

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