#C74E2E#C74E2E

#C74E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.162 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E2E
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 46)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 76.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 46.54, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 63.22, 42.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1312 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.162 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7736, 17.7919, 4.6086)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E2E #2EA7C7

analogous

#C72E5A #C74E2E #C79A2E

triadic

#C74E2E #2EC74E #4E2EC7

tetradic

#C74E2E #5AC72E #2EA7C7 #9A2EC7

square

#C74E2E #5AC72E #2EA7C7 #9A2EC7

split-complementary

#C74E2E #2EC79A #2E5AC7

monochromatic

#642717 #953B23 #C74E2E #D97459 #E49E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C74E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C74E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74E2E

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74E2E	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70642A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.162 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08469',
    500: '#c74e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e2e;
$custom-light: #e08469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.549,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58008,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E2E

secondary

#83BECE

accent

#C3E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E2E

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

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