#C74B37#C74B37

#C74B37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.162 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B37
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 55)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 48.29, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 61.15, 37.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.1383 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.162 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7617, 17.4538, 5.5734)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B37 #37B3C7

analogous

#C7376B #C74B37 #C79337

triadic

#C74B37 #37C74B #4B37C7

tetradic

#C74B37 #6BC737 #37B3C7 #9337C7

square

#C74B37 #6BC737 #37B3C7 #9337C7

split-complementary

#C74B37 #37C793 #376BC7

monochromatic

#67271C #97392A #C74B37 #D57666 #E2A196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C74B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C74B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B37

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B37	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)

#6D6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.162 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0826f',
    500: '#c74b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b37;
$custom-light: #e0826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.333,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57725,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B37

secondary

#8CC4CD

accent

#CBE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B37

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

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