#C74C2E#C74C2E

#C74C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.163 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74C2E
RGB	rgb(199, 76, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 76.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 47.45, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 63.66, 41.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.134 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.163 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6336, 17.5120, 4.5619)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74C2E #2EA9C7

analogous

#C72E5C #C74C2E #C7992E

triadic

#C74C2E #2EC74C #4C2EC7

tetradic

#C74C2E #5CC72E #2EA9C7 #992EC7

square

#C74C2E #5CC72E #2EA9C7 #992EC7

split-complementary

#C74C2E #2EC799 #2E5CC7

monochromatic

#642617 #953923 #C74C2E #D97259 #E49D8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#C74C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#C74C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74C2E

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74C2E	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)

#6F632A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 76, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.163 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08369',
    500: '#c74c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74c2e;
$custom-light: #e08369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.765,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57748,
    "c": 0.16338,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74C2E

secondary

#83BFCE

accent

#C6E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74C2E

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

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