#C74B40#C74B40

#C74B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.160 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B40
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 48.75, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 58.62, 33.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1415 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.16 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9974, 17.5481, 6.8150)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B40 #40BCC7

analogous

#C74079 #C74B40 #C78F40

triadic

#C74B40 #40C74B #4B40C7

tetradic

#C74B40 #79C740 #40BCC7 #8F40C7

square

#C74B40 #79C740 #40BCC7 #8F40C7

split-complementary

#C74B40 #40C78F #4079C7

monochromatic

#6D2620 #9C372E #C74B40 #D5786F #E3A49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#C74B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C74B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B40

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B40	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.160 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8375',
    500: '#c74b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b40;
$custom-light: #df8375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5785,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B40

secondary

#94CACF

accent

#D2DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B40

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

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