#C74A58#C74A58

#C74A58 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.159 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A58
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 88)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(353, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 55.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, 50.78, 18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 54.11, 20.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1522 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.159 17)
XYZ	xyz(27.7659, 17.7478, 11.1942)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A58 #4AC7B9

analogous

#C74A96 #C74A58 #C77A4A

triadic

#C74A58 #58C74A #4A58C7

tetradic

#C74A58 #96C74A #4AC7B9 #7A4AC7

square

#C74A58 #96C74A #4AC7B9 #7A4AC7

split-complementary

#C74A58 #4AC77A #4A96C7

monochromatic

#73242C #A2323F #C74A58 #D57983 #E4A7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C74A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C74A58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A58

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A58	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D93350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.159 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8287',
    500: '#c74a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a58;
$custom-light: #de8287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.28,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58167,
    "c": 0.15912,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.17744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A58

secondary

#9CD1CB

accent

#DCCC4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A58

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

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