#C74B2D#C74B2D

#C74B2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.165 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B2D
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 45)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 77.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 47.87, 42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 64.19, 41.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1351 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.165 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5458, 17.3675, 4.4366)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B2D #2DA9C7

analogous

#C72D5C #C74B2D #C7982D

triadic

#C74B2D #2DC74B #4B2DC7

tetradic

#C74B2D #5CC72D #2DA9C7 #982DC7

square

#C74B2D #5CC72D #2DA9C7 #982DC7

split-complementary

#C74B2D #2DC798 #2D5CC7

monochromatic

#632516 #953822 #C74B2D #D97158 #E59C8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C74B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C74B2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B2D

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B2D	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)

#6E6229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.165 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08268',
    500: '#c74b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b2d;
$custom-light: #e08268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.688,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5761,
    "c": 0.16453,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B2D

secondary

#81BFCE

accent

#C6E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B2D

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

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