#C74E2C#C74E2C

#C74E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.162 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E2C
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 44)
HSL	hsl(13, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 46.47, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 63.85, 43.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.1306 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.162 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7351, 17.7765, 4.4058)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E2C #2CA5C7

analogous

#C72C58 #C74E2C #C79B2C

triadic

#C74E2C #2CC74E #4E2CC7

tetradic

#C74E2C #58C72C #2CA5C7 #9B2CC7

square

#C74E2C #58C72C #2CA5C7 #9B2CC7

split-complementary

#C74E2C #2CC79B #2C58C7

monochromatic

#632716 #953A21 #C74E2C #DA7356 #E59D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C74E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C74E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74E2C

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74E2C	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)

#706427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.162 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08467',
    500: '#c74e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e2c;
$custom-light: #e08467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.161,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57988,
    "c": 0.16201,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E2C

secondary

#80BDCF

accent

#C2E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E2C

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

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