#C74E30#C74E30

#C74E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.161 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E30
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 48)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 46.62, 41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 62.60, 41.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1318 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.161 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8139, 17.8080, 4.8211)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E30 #30A9C7

analogous

#C7305D #C74E30 #C79A30

triadic

#C74E30 #30C74E #4E30C7

tetradic

#C74E30 #5DC730 #30A9C7 #9A30C7

square

#C74E30 #5DC730 #30A9C7 #9A30C7

split-complementary

#C74E30 #30C79A #305DC7

monochromatic

#642718 #963B24 #C74E30 #D8755C #E49F8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C74E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C74E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74E30

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74E30	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70642C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.161 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0846a',
    500: '#c74e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e30;
$custom-light: #e0846a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.921,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58029,
    "c": 0.16105,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E30

secondary

#85BFCE

accent

#C4E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E30

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

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