#C74D35#C74D35

#C74D35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.161 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74D35
RGB	rgb(199, 77, 53)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 47.29, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 61.28, 39.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1348 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.161 33)
XYZ	xyz(26.8525, 17.7106, 5.3720)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74D35 #35AFC7

analogous

#C73566 #C74D35 #C79635

triadic

#C74D35 #35C74D #4D35C7

tetradic

#C74D35 #66C735 #35AFC7 #9635C7

square

#C74D35 #66C735 #35AFC7 #9635C7

split-complementary

#C74D35 #35C796 #3566C7

monochromatic

#66281B #973A28 #C74D35 #D67664 #E2A194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C74D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C74D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74D35

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74D35	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 77, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.161 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0846d',
    500: '#c74d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74d35;
$custom-light: #e0846d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.863,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57956,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.17707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74D35

secondary

#8AC3CE

accent

#C8E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74D35

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

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