#C74A5E#C74A5E

#C74A5E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.159 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74A5E
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 94)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(350, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 52.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 51.26, 15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 53.48, 16.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1546 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.159 14)
XYZ	xyz(28.0247, 17.8514, 12.5574)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74A5E #4AC7B3

analogous

#C74A9C #C74A5E #C7744A

triadic

#C74A5E #5EC74A #4A5EC7

tetradic

#C74A5E #9CC74A #4AC7B3 #744AC7

square

#C74A5E #9CC74A #4AC7B3 #744AC7

split-complementary

#C74A5E #4AC774 #4A9CC7

monochromatic

#732430 #A23244 #C74A5E #D57988 #E4A7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C74A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C74A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74A5E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74A5E	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67655E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D93552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.159 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de838b',
    500: '#c74a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74a5e;
$custom-light: #de838b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.4,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58303,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.17848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74A5E

secondary

#9CD1C9

accent

#DCC54C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74A5E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →