#C74B53#C74B53

#C74B53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.158 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B53
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 83)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 58.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 49.96, 21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 54.50, 23.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.1488 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.158 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6331, 17.8024, 10.1630)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B53 #4BC7BF

analogous

#C74B91 #C74B53 #C7814B

triadic

#C74B53 #53C74B #4B53C7

tetradic

#C74B53 #91C74B #4BC7BF #814BC7

square

#C74B53 #91C74B #4BC7BF #814BC7

split-complementary

#C74B53 #4BC781 #4B91C7

monochromatic

#742429 #A2323A #C74B53 #D67A80 #E4A8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C74B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C74B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B53

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B53	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9334F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.158 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8383',
    500: '#c74b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b53;
$custom-light: #de8383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.129,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58186,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B53

secondary

#9CD1CE

accent

#DCD34C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B53

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

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