#C74C4E#C74C4E

#C74C4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.157 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74C4E
RGB	rgb(199, 76, 78)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 49.16, 24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 55.09, 26.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.1455 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.157 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5153, 17.8647, 9.2056)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74C4E #4CC7C5

analogous

#C74C8C #C74C4E #C7884C

triadic

#C74C4E #4EC74C #4C4EC7

tetradic

#C74C4E #8CC74C #4CC7C5 #884CC7

square

#C74C4E #8CC74C #4CC7C5 #884CC7

split-complementary

#C74C4E #4CC788 #4C8CC7

monochromatic

#742426 #A33335 #C74C4E #D67B7C #E4A9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C74C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C74C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74C4E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74C4E	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 76, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.157 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de837f',
    500: '#c74c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74c4e;
$custom-light: #de837f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.024,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58213,
    "c": 0.15735,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74C4E

secondary

#9DD2D1

accent

#DCD94C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74C4E

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

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