#C74D2E#C74D2E

#C74D2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.162 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74D2E
RGB	rgb(199, 77, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 76.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 47.00, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 63.44, 42.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1326 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.162 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7031, 17.6509, 4.5851)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74D2E #2EA8C7

analogous

#C72E5B #C74D2E #C7992E

triadic

#C74D2E #2EC74D #4D2EC7

tetradic

#C74D2E #5BC72E #2EA8C7 #992EC7

square

#C74D2E #5BC72E #2EA8C7 #992EC7

split-complementary

#C74D2E #2EC799 #2E5BC7

monochromatic

#642717 #953A23 #C74D2E #D97359 #E49D8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#C74D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#C74D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74D2E

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74D2E	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)

#6F642A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 77, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.162 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08369',
    500: '#c74d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74d2e;
$custom-light: #e08369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.157,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57877,
    "c": 0.16245,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74D2E

secondary

#83BFCE

accent

#C4E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74D2E

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

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