#C74C24#C74C24

#C74C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.166 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74C24
RGB	rgb(199, 76, 36)
HSL	hsl(15, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 81.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 47.11, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 66.76, 45.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1312 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.166 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4590, 17.4421, 3.6422)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74C24 #249FC7

analogous

#C7244D #C74C24 #C79D24

triadic

#C74C24 #24C74C #4C24C7

tetradic

#C74C24 #4DC724 #249FC7 #9D24C7

square

#C74C24 #4DC724 #249FC7 #9D24C7

split-complementary

#C74C24 #24C79D #244DC7

monochromatic

#5F2411 #93381B #C74C24 #DE6E4A #E8987E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C74C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C74C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74C24

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74C24	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F631E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 76, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.166 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18362',
    500: '#c74c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74c24;
$custom-light: #e18362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.724,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57656,
    "c": 0.16562,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74C24

secondary

#77BAD0

accent

#C1EC3C

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FEEFEA

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74C24

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

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