#C74D39#C74D39

#C74D39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.160 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74D39
RGB	rgb(199, 77, 57)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, 47.48, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 60.08, 37.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1362 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.16 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9484, 17.7490, 5.8770)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74D39 #39B3C7

analogous

#C7396C #C74D39 #C79439

triadic

#C74D39 #39C74D #4D39C7

tetradic

#C74D39 #6CC739 #39B3C7 #9439C7

square

#C74D39 #6CC739 #39B3C7 #9439C7

split-complementary

#C74D39 #39C794 #396CC7

monochromatic

#68281D #983A2B #C74D39 #D47869 #E2A398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C74D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C74D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74D39

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74D39	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)

#6E6436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 77, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.160 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8470',
    500: '#c74d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74d39;
$custom-light: #df8470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.451,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58007,
    "c": 0.15992,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74D39

secondary

#8EC5CE

accent

#CADF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74D39

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →