#C74E38#C74E38

#C74E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.159 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E38
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 46.98, 37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 60.14, 38.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1344 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.159 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9942, 17.8801, 5.7704)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E38 #38B1C7

analogous

#C73869 #C74E38 #C79638

triadic

#C74E38 #38C74E #4E38C7

tetradic

#C74E38 #69C738 #38B1C7 #9638C7

square

#C74E38 #69C738 #38B1C7 #9638C7

split-complementary

#C74E38 #38C796 #3869C7

monochromatic

#67291D #973B2B #C74E38 #D47868 #E2A398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C74E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C74E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74E38

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74E38	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.159 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df846f',
    500: '#c74e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e38;
$custom-light: #df846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58124,
    "c": 0.15916,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E38

secondary

#8DC4CD

accent

#C8DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E38

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

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