#C74D37#C74D37

#C74D37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.160 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74D37
RGB	rgb(199, 77, 55)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 47.39, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 60.67, 38.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1355 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.16 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8995, 17.7294, 5.6194)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74D37 #37B1C7

analogous

#C73769 #C74D37 #C79537

triadic

#C74D37 #37C74D #4D37C7

tetradic

#C74D37 #69C737 #37B1C7 #9537C7

square

#C74D37 #69C737 #37B1C7 #9537C7

split-complementary

#C74D37 #37C795 #3769C7

monochromatic

#67281C #973A2A #C74D37 #D57766 #E2A296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C74D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C74D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74D37

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74D37	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 77, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.160 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0846f',
    500: '#c74d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74d37;
$custom-light: #e0846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57981,
    "c": 0.16036,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74D37

secondary

#8CC4CD

accent

#C9E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74D37

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

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