#C74E3C#C74E3C

#C74E3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.158 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E3C
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 60)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 47.18, 35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 58.97, 36.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1358 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.158 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0959, 17.9208, 6.3063)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E3C #3CB5C7

analogous

#C73C6F #C74E3C #C7933C

triadic

#C74E3C #3CC74E #4E3CC7

tetradic

#C74E3C #6FC73C #3CB5C7 #933CC7

square

#C74E3C #6FC73C #3CB5C7 #933CC7

split-complementary

#C74E3C #3CC793 #3C6FC7

monochromatic

#6A281E #9A3A2C #C74E3C #D5796C #E2A49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C74E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C74E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74E3C

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74E3C	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F653A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.158 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8472',
    500: '#c74e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e3c;
$custom-light: #df8472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.77,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58177,
    "c": 0.15826,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E3C

secondary

#91C6CE

accent

#CBDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E3C

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

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