#C74B4D#C74B4D

#C74B4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.159 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B4D
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 77)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 61.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 49.54, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 55.59, 26.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.1465 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.159 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4114, 17.7137, 8.9954)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B4D #4BC7C5

analogous

#C74B8B #C74B4D #C7874B

triadic

#C74B4D #4DC74B #4B4DC7

tetradic

#C74B4D #8BC74B #4BC7C5 #874BC7

square

#C74B4D #8BC74B #4BC7C5 #874BC7

split-complementary

#C74B4D #4BC787 #4B8BC7

monochromatic

#742425 #A23234 #C74B4D #D67A7B #E4A8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C74B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C74B4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B4D

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B4D	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B644C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA324D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.159 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de837e',
    500: '#c74b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b4d;
$custom-light: #de837e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.032,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58069,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B4D

secondary

#9CD1D1

accent

#DCDA4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B4D

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

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