#C74C48#C74C48

#C74C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.158 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74C48
RGB	rgb(199, 76, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 63.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 48.77, 28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 56.37, 30.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1431 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.158 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3100, 17.7825, 8.1239)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74C48 #48C3C7

analogous

#C74883 #C74C48 #C78B48

triadic

#C74C48 #48C74C #4C48C7

tetradic

#C74C48 #83C748 #48C3C7 #8B48C7

square

#C74C48 #83C748 #48C3C7 #8B48C7

split-complementary

#C74C48 #48C78B #4883C7

monochromatic

#722523 #A13531 #C74C48 #D57A77 #E4A8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C74C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C74C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74C48

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74C48	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 76, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.158 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df837b',
    500: '#c74c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74c48;
$custom-light: #df837b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.89,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58105,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74C48

secondary

#9ACFD1

accent

#D8DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74C48

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

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