#C74C36#C74C36

#C74C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.162 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74C36
RGB	rgb(199, 76, 54)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 47.79, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 61.21, 38.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1366 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.162 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8063, 17.5811, 5.4712)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74C36 #36B1C7

analogous

#C73669 #C74C36 #C79436

triadic

#C74C36 #36C74C #4C36C7

tetradic

#C74C36 #69C736 #36B1C7 #9436C7

square

#C74C36 #69C736 #36B1C7 #9436C7

split-complementary

#C74C36 #36C794 #3669C7

monochromatic

#67271C #973A29 #C74C36 #D57665 #E2A195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C74C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C74C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74C36

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74C36	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 76, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.162 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0836e',
    500: '#c74c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74c36;
$custom-light: #e0836e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.103,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5784,
    "c": 0.16156,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74C36

secondary

#8BC3CE

accent

#C9E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74C36

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

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