#C74A50#C74A50

#C74A50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.159 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A50
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 80)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 59.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 50.19, 23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 55.33, 24.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.149 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.159 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4525, 17.6225, 9.5437)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A50 #4AC7C1

analogous

#C74A8E #C74A50 #C7824A

triadic

#C74A50 #50C74A #4A50C7

tetradic

#C74A50 #8EC74A #4AC7C1 #824AC7

square

#C74A50 #8EC74A #4AC7C1 #824AC7

split-complementary

#C74A50 #4AC782 #4A8EC7

monochromatic

#732427 #A23237 #C74A50 #D5797D #E4A7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#C74A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C74A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A50

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A50	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69644F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9314D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.159 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8281',
    500: '#c74a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a50;
$custom-light: #de8281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.12,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58002,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A50

secondary

#9CD1CF

accent

#DCD54C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A50

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

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