#C74D4E#C74D4E

#C74D4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.156 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74D4E
RGB	rgb(199, 77, 78)
HSL	hsl(360, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(360, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 48.71, 25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 54.79, 27.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.144 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.156 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5848, 18.0035, 9.2287)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74D4E #4DC7C6

analogous

#C74D8B #C74D4E #C7894D

triadic

#C74D4E #4EC74D #4D4EC7

tetradic

#C74D4E #8BC74D #4DC7C6 #894DC7

square

#C74D4E #8BC74D #4DC7C6 #894DC7

split-complementary

#C74D4E #4DC789 #4D8BC7

monochromatic

#752525 #A33334 #C74D4E #D67C7C #E4AAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C74D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C74D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74D4E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74D4E	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C654D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 77, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.156 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de847f',
    500: '#c74d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74d4e;
$custom-light: #de847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.508,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5834,
    "c": 0.15625,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74D4E

secondary

#9ED2D1

accent

#DCDA4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74D4E

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

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