#C74E32#C74E32

#C74E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.161 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E32
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 50)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 46.71, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 61.97, 41.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.1325 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.161 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8561, 17.8249, 5.0434)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E32 #32ABC7

analogous

#C73261 #C74E32 #C79932

triadic

#C74E32 #32C74E #4E32C7

tetradic

#C74E32 #61C732 #32ABC7 #9932C7

square

#C74E32 #61C732 #32ABC7 #9932C7

split-complementary

#C74E32 #32C799 #3261C7

monochromatic

#652819 #963B26 #C74E32 #D7765F #E3A090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C74E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C74E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74E32

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74E32	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)

#70642E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.161 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0846b',
    500: '#c74e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e32;
$custom-light: #e0846b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.275,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58051,
    "c": 0.16057,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E32

secondary

#87C1CE

accent

#C5E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E32

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

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