#C74B35#C74B35

#C74B35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.163 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B35
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 53)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 48.20, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 61.74, 38.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.1377 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.163 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7147, 17.4350, 5.3261)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B35 #35B1C7

analogous

#C73568 #C74B35 #C79435

triadic

#C74B35 #35C74B #4B35C7

tetradic

#C74B35 #68C735 #35B1C7 #9435C7

square

#C74B35 #68C735 #35B1C7 #9435C7

split-complementary

#C74B35 #35C794 #3568C7

monochromatic

#66271B #973928 #C74B35 #D67564 #E2A094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C74B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C74B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B35

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B35	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.163 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0826d',
    500: '#c74b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b35;
$custom-light: #e0826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.041,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.577,
    "c": 0.16275,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B35

secondary

#8AC3CE

accent

#CAE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B35

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

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