#C74E35#C74E35

#C74E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.160 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E35
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 46.84, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 61.05, 39.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1334 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.16 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9230, 17.8516, 5.3955)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E35 #35AEC7

analogous

#C73565 #C74E35 #C79735

triadic

#C74E35 #35C74E #4E35C7

tetradic

#C74E35 #65C735 #35AEC7 #9735C7

square

#C74E35 #65C735 #35AEC7 #9735C7

split-complementary

#C74E35 #35C797 #3565C7

monochromatic

#66281B #973B28 #C74E35 #D67764 #E2A194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C74E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C74E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74E35

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74E35	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.160 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0846d',
    500: '#c74e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e35;
$custom-light: #e0846d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.274,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58086,
    "c": 0.15986,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E35

secondary

#8AC2CE

accent

#C7E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E35

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

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