#C74B38#C74B38

#C74B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.162 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B38
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, 48.34, 36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 60.85, 37.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1387 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.162 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7859, 17.4635, 5.7009)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B38 #38B4C7

analogous

#C7386D #C74B38 #C79238

triadic

#C74B38 #38C74B #4B38C7

tetradic

#C74B38 #6DC738 #38B4C7 #9238C7

square

#C74B38 #6DC738 #38B4C7 #9238C7

split-complementary

#C74B38 #38C792 #386DC7

monochromatic

#67271D #97392B #C74B38 #D47668 #E2A198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#C74B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C74B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B38

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B38	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.162 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0826f',
    500: '#c74b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b38;
$custom-light: #e0826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.972,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57738,
    "c": 0.16209,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B38

secondary

#8DC5CD

accent

#CBDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B38

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

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