#C74E36#C74E36

#C74E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.160 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E36
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 54)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 46.88, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 60.74, 39.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.1338 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.16 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9462, 17.8609, 5.5179)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E36 #36AFC7

analogous

#C73667 #C74E36 #C79736

triadic

#C74E36 #36C74E #4E36C7

tetradic

#C74E36 #67C736 #36AFC7 #9736C7

square

#C74E36 #67C736 #36AFC7 #9736C7

split-complementary

#C74E36 #36C797 #3667C7

monochromatic

#67281C #973B29 #C74E36 #D57865 #E2A295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C74E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C74E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74E36

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74E36	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.160 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0846e',
    500: '#c74e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e36;
$custom-light: #e0846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.931,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58099,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E36

secondary

#8BC3CE

accent

#C7E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E36

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

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