#C74D38#C74D38

#C74D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.160 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74D38
RGB	rgb(199, 77, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 47.43, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 60.38, 38.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.1359 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.16 32)
XYZ	xyz(26.9237, 17.7391, 5.7469)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74D38 #38B2C7

analogous

#C7386B #C74D38 #C79438

triadic

#C74D38 #38C74D #4D38C7

tetradic

#C74D38 #6BC738 #38B2C7 #9438C7

square

#C74D38 #6BC738 #38B2C7 #9438C7

split-complementary

#C74D38 #38C794 #386BC7

monochromatic

#67281D #973B2B #C74D38 #D47868 #E2A298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C74D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C74D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74D38

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74D38	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)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 77, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.160 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df846f',
    500: '#c74d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74d38;
$custom-light: #df846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.811,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57994,
    "c": 0.16014,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.17735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74D38

secondary

#8DC4CD

accent

#C9DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74D38

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

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