#C74D2C#C74D2C

#C74D2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.163 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74D2C
RGB	rgb(199, 77, 44)
HSL	hsl(13, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 46.92, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 64.07, 42.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.132 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.163 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6646, 17.6355, 4.3823)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74D2C #2CA6C7

analogous

#C72C59 #C74D2C #C79A2C

triadic

#C74D2C #2CC74D #4D2CC7

tetradic

#C74D2C #59C72C #2CA6C7 #9A2CC7

square

#C74D2C #59C72C #2CA6C7 #9A2CC7

split-complementary

#C74D2C #2CC79A #2C59C7

monochromatic

#632616 #953A21 #C74D2C #DA7256 #E59C89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#C74D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#C74D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74D2C

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74D2C	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 77, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.163 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08367',
    500: '#c74d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74d2c;
$custom-light: #e08367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.774,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57857,
    "c": 0.16292,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74D2C

secondary

#80BECF

accent

#C4E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74D2C

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

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