#C74E31#C74E31

#C74E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.161 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E31
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 49)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 46.66, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 62.28, 41.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1321 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.161 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8348, 17.8164, 4.9310)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E31 #31AAC7

analogous

#C7315F #C74E31 #C79931

triadic

#C74E31 #31C74E #4E31C7

tetradic

#C74E31 #5FC731 #31AAC7 #9931C7

square

#C74E31 #5FC731 #31AAC7 #9931C7

split-complementary

#C74E31 #31C799 #315FC7

monochromatic

#652819 #963B25 #C74E31 #D7755E #E39F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C74E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C74E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74E31

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74E31	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)

#70642D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.161 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0846b',
    500: '#c74e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e31;
$custom-light: #e0846b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5804,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E31

secondary

#86C0CE

accent

#C5E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E31

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

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