#C74C35#C74C35

#C74C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.162 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74C35
RGB	rgb(199, 76, 53)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 47.75, 38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 61.51, 39.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1363 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.162 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7831, 17.5718, 5.3488)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74C35 #35B0C7

analogous

#C73567 #C74C35 #C79535

triadic

#C74C35 #35C74C #4C35C7

tetradic

#C74C35 #67C735 #35B0C7 #9535C7

square

#C74C35 #67C735 #35B0C7 #9535C7

split-complementary

#C74C35 #35C795 #3567C7

monochromatic

#66271B #973A28 #C74C35 #D67664 #E2A094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C74C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C74C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74C35

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74C35	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 76, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.162 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0836d',
    500: '#c74c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74c35;
$custom-light: #e0836d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.452,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57828,
    "c": 0.16178,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74C35

secondary

#8AC3CE

accent

#C9E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74C35

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

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