#C74E2A#C74E2A

#C74E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.162 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E2A
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 46.40, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 64.48, 43.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.13 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.162 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6984, 17.7618, 4.2125)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E2A #2AA3C7

analogous

#C72A55 #C74E2A #C79D2A

triadic

#C74E2A #2AC74E #4E2AC7

tetradic

#C74E2A #55C72A #2AA3C7 #9D2AC7

square

#C74E2A #55C72A #2AA3C7 #9D2AC7

split-complementary

#C74E2A #2AC79D #2A55C7

monochromatic

#622615 #943A1F #C74E2A #DB7253 #E59C86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C74E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C74E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74E2A

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74E2A	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.162 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08466',
    500: '#c74e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e2a;
$custom-light: #e08466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.758,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57968,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E2A

secondary

#7EBCCF

accent

#C1E840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E2A

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

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