#C74C2D#C74C2D

#C74C2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.164 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74C2D
RGB	rgb(199, 76, 45)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 77.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 47.42, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 63.97, 42.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1337 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.164 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6142, 17.5042, 4.4593)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74C2D #2DA8C7

analogous

#C72D5B #C74C2D #C7992D

triadic

#C74C2D #2DC74C #4C2DC7

tetradic

#C74C2D #5BC72D #2DA8C7 #992DC7

square

#C74C2D #5BC72D #2DA8C7 #992DC7

split-complementary

#C74C2D #2DC799 #2D5BC7

monochromatic

#632616 #953922 #C74C2D #D97258 #E59C8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#C74C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#C74C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74C2D

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74C2D	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)

#6F6329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 76, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.164 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08368',
    500: '#c74c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74c2d;
$custom-light: #e08368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.078,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57738,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74C2D

secondary

#81BFCE

accent

#C5E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74C2D

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

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