#C74C3A#C74C3A

#C74C3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.161 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74C3A
RGB	rgb(199, 76, 58)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 70.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 47.98, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 60.03, 36.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.138 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.161 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9041, 17.6202, 5.9865)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74C3A #3AB5C7

analogous

#C73A6E #C74C3A #C7933A

triadic

#C74C3A #3AC74C #4C3AC7

tetradic

#C74C3A #6EC73A #3AB5C7 #933AC7

square

#C74C3A #6EC73A #3AB5C7 #933AC7

split-complementary

#C74C3A #3AC793 #3A6EC7

monochromatic

#69271E #98392B #C74C3A #D5776A #E2A399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#C74C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C74C3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74C3A

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74C3A	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 76, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.161 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8371',
    500: '#c74c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74c3a;
$custom-light: #df8371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.66,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57892,
    "c": 0.16068,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74C3A

secondary

#8FC6CE

accent

#CCDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74C3A

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

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