#C74B2C#C74B2C

#C74B2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.165 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B2C
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 44)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 47.83, 43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 64.50, 42.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.1348 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.165 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5268, 17.3599, 4.3364)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B2C #2CA8C7

analogous

#C72C5A #C74B2C #C7982C

triadic

#C74B2C #2CC74B #4B2CC7

tetradic

#C74B2C #5AC72C #2CA8C7 #982CC7

square

#C74B2C #5AC72C #2CA8C7 #982CC7

split-complementary

#C74B2C #2CC798 #2C5AC7

monochromatic

#632516 #953821 #C74B2C #DA7156 #E59B89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C74B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C74B2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B2C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B2C	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.165 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08267',
    500: '#c74b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b2c;
$custom-light: #e08267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.576,
    "c": 0.16476,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B2C

secondary

#80BFCF

accent

#C6E741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B2C

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

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