#C74B2E#C74B2E

#C74B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.164 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B2E
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 76.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 47.90, 42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 63.88, 41.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.1354 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.164 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5653, 17.3753, 4.5392)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B2E #2EAAC7

analogous

#C72E5D #C74B2E #C7982E

triadic

#C74B2E #2EC74B #4B2EC7

tetradic

#C74B2E #5DC72E #2EAAC7 #982EC7

square

#C74B2E #5DC72E #2EAAC7 #982EC7

split-complementary

#C74B2E #2EC798 #2E5DC7

monochromatic

#642617 #953823 #C74B2E #D97259 #E49C8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#C74B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C74B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B2E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B2E	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E622A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.164 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08268',
    500: '#c74b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b2e;
$custom-light: #e08268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.373,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57621,
    "c": 0.16431,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B2E

secondary

#83C0CE

accent

#C7E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B2E

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

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