#C74A59#C74A59

#C74A59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.159 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A59
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(353, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 50.85, 18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 53.99, 19.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.1526 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.159 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8076, 17.7645, 11.4138)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A59 #4AC7B8

analogous

#C74A97 #C74A59 #C7794A

triadic

#C74A59 #59C74A #4A59C7

tetradic

#C74A59 #97C74A #4AC7B8 #794AC7

square

#C74A59 #97C74A #4AC7B8 #794AC7

split-complementary

#C74A59 #4AC779 #4A97C7

monochromatic

#73242D #A2323F #C74A59 #D57984 #E4A7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C74A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C74A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A59

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A59	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D93350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.159 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8287',
    500: '#c74a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a59;
$custom-light: #de8287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.8,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58189,
    "c": 0.15911,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A59

secondary

#9CD1CB

accent

#DCCB4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A59

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

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