#C74C38#C74C38

#C74C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.161 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74C38
RGB	rgb(199, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 47.89, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 60.61, 37.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1373 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.161 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8542, 17.6002, 5.7237)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74C38 #38B3C7

analogous

#C7386B #C74C38 #C79438

triadic

#C74C38 #38C74C #4C38C7

tetradic

#C74C38 #6BC738 #38B3C7 #9438C7

square

#C74C38 #6BC738 #38B3C7 #9438C7

split-complementary

#C74C38 #38C794 #386BC7

monochromatic

#67281D #973A2B #C74C38 #D47768 #E2A298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C74C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C74C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74C38

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74C38	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)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.161 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0836f',
    500: '#c74c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74c38;
$custom-light: #e0836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.392,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57865,
    "c": 0.16112,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74C38

secondary

#8DC4CD

accent

#CADF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74C38

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

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