#C74D30#C74D30

#C74D30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.162 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74D30
RGB	rgb(199, 77, 48)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, 47.08, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 62.82, 41.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.1332 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.162 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7434, 17.6670, 4.7976)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74D30 #30AAC7

analogous

#C7305E #C74D30 #C79830

triadic

#C74D30 #30C74D #4D30C7

tetradic

#C74D30 #5EC730 #30AAC7 #9830C7

square

#C74D30 #5EC730 #30AAC7 #9830C7

split-complementary

#C74D30 #30C798 #305EC7

monochromatic

#642718 #963A24 #C74D30 #D8745C #E49E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C74D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#C74D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74D30

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74D30	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F642C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 77, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.162 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0846a',
    500: '#c74d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74d30;
$custom-light: #e0846a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.523,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57899,
    "c": 0.16199,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74D30

secondary

#85C0CE

accent

#C5E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74D30

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

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