#C74A4E#C74A4E

#C74A4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.160 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A4E
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 50.05, 24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 55.69, 26.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1483 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.16 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3797, 17.5934, 9.1603)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A4E #4AC7C3

analogous

#C74A8C #C74A4E #C7844A

triadic

#C74A4E #4EC74A #4A4EC7

tetradic

#C74A4E #8CC74A #4AC7C3 #844AC7

square

#C74A4E #8CC74A #4AC7C3 #844AC7

split-complementary

#C74A4E #4AC784 #4A8CC7

monochromatic

#732426 #A23236 #C74A4E #D5797C #E4A7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C74A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C74A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A4E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A4E	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA314C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.160 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de827f',
    500: '#c74a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a4e;
$custom-light: #de827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.08,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57964,
    "c": 0.15959,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A4E

secondary

#9CD1CF

accent

#DCD84C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A4E

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

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