#C74C40#C74C40

#C74C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.159 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74C40
RGB	rgb(199, 76, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 48.30, 32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 58.36, 34.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1401 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.159 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0658, 17.6849, 6.8378)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74C40 #40BBC7

analogous

#C74078 #C74C40 #C79040

triadic

#C74C40 #40C74C #4C40C7

tetradic

#C74C40 #78C740 #40BBC7 #9040C7

square

#C74C40 #78C740 #40BBC7 #9040C7

split-complementary

#C74C40 #40C790 #4078C7

monochromatic

#6D2720 #9C382E #C74C40 #D5786F #E3A59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C74C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C74C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74C40

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74C40	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 76, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.159 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8375',
    500: '#c74c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74c40;
$custom-light: #df8375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57977,
    "c": 0.15947,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74C40

secondary

#94CACF

accent

#D1DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74C40

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

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