#C74C2C#C74C2C

#C74C2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.164 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74C2C
RGB	rgb(199, 76, 44)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 47.38, 43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 64.28, 42.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.1334 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.164 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5951, 17.4966, 4.3591)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74C2C #2CA7C7

analogous

#C72C5A #C74C2C #C7992C

triadic

#C74C2C #2CC74C #4C2CC7

tetradic

#C74C2C #5AC72C #2CA7C7 #992CC7

square

#C74C2C #5AC72C #2CA7C7 #992CC7

split-complementary

#C74C2C #2CC799 #2C5AC7

monochromatic

#632616 #953921 #C74C2C #DA7256 #E59C89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#C74C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#C74C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74C2C

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74C2C	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 76, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.164 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08367',
    500: '#c74c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74c2c;
$custom-light: #e08367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.387,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57728,
    "c": 0.16384,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74C2C

secondary

#80BECF

accent

#C5E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74C2C

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

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