#C74B45#C74B45

#C74B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.160 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B45
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 69)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 49.03, 29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 57.35, 31.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1434 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.16 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1461, 17.6076, 7.5982)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B45 #45C1C7

analogous

#C74580 #C74B45 #C78C45

triadic

#C74B45 #45C74B #4B45C7

tetradic

#C74B45 #80C745 #45C1C7 #8C45C7

square

#C74B45 #80C745 #45C1C7 #8C45C7

split-complementary

#C74B45 #45C78C #4580C7

monochromatic

#702522 #9F3530 #C74B45 #D57974 #E3A6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C74B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C74B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B45

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B45	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.160 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8379',
    500: '#c74b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b45;
$custom-light: #df8379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.769,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57929,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B45

secondary

#98CED0

accent

#D6DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B45

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

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