#C74B42#C74B42

#C74B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.160 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B42
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 48.86, 31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 58.10, 32.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1423 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.16 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0553, 17.5713, 7.1201)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B42 #42BEC7

analogous

#C7427C #C74B42 #C78E42

triadic

#C74B42 #42C74B #4B42C7

tetradic

#C74B42 #7CC742 #42BEC7 #8E42C7

square

#C74B42 #7CC742 #42BEC7 #8E42C7

split-complementary

#C74B42 #42C78E #427CC7

monochromatic

#6E2621 #9D362F #C74B42 #D57871 #E3A5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C74B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C74B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B42

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B42	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.160 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8376',
    500: '#c74b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b42;
$custom-light: #df8376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.06,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57881,
    "c": 0.16013,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B42

secondary

#95CCD0

accent

#D4DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B42

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

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