#C74B36#C74B36

#C74B36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.163 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B36
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 54)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 48.24, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 61.44, 38.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.138 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.163 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7379, 17.4443, 5.4485)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B36 #36B2C7

analogous

#C73669 #C74B36 #C79436

triadic

#C74B36 #36C74B #4B36C7

tetradic

#C74B36 #69C736 #36B2C7 #9436C7

square

#C74B36 #69C736 #36B2C7 #9436C7

split-complementary

#C74B36 #36C794 #3669C7

monochromatic

#67271C #973929 #C74B36 #D57565 #E2A095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C74B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C74B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B36

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B36	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)

#6D6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.163 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0826e',
    500: '#c74b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b36;
$custom-light: #e0826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.69,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57713,
    "c": 0.16252,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B36

secondary

#8BC4CE

accent

#CAE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B36

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

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