#C74E39#C74E39

#C74E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.159 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E39
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 57)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 47.03, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 59.84, 38.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1348 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.159 32)
XYZ	xyz(27.0189, 17.8900, 5.9005)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E39 #39B2C7

analogous

#C7396B #C74E39 #C79539

triadic

#C74E39 #39C74E #4E39C7

tetradic

#C74E39 #6BC739 #39B2C7 #9539C7

square

#C74E39 #6BC739 #39B2C7 #9539C7

split-complementary

#C74E39 #39C795 #396BC7

monochromatic

#68291D #983B2B #C74E39 #D47969 #E2A398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C74E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C74E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74E39

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74E39	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)

#6F6536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.159 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8470',
    500: '#c74e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e39;
$custom-light: #df8470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.873,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58137,
    "c": 0.15894,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.17886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E39

secondary

#8EC4CE

accent

#C9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E39

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

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