#C74E42#C74E42

#C74E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.157 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E42
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 47.50, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 57.31, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.138 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.157 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2636, 17.9879, 7.1896)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E42 #42BBC7

analogous

#C74278 #C74E42 #C79142

triadic

#C74E42 #42C74E #4E42C7

tetradic

#C74E42 #78C742 #42BBC7 #9142C7

square

#C74E42 #78C742 #42BBC7 #9142C7

split-complementary

#C74E42 #42C791 #4278C7

monochromatic

#6E2821 #9D392F #C74E42 #D57A71 #E3A6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C74E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C74E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74E42

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74E42	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.157 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8477',
    500: '#c74e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e42;
$custom-light: #df8477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.414,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58265,
    "c": 0.15702,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E42

secondary

#95CAD0

accent

#D0DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E42

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

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