#C74E43#C74E43

#C74E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.157 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E43
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 67)
HSL	hsl(5, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 47.56, 31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 57.05, 33.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1384 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.157 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2934, 17.9998, 7.3462)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E43 #43BCC7

analogous

#C7437A #C74E43 #C79043

triadic

#C74E43 #43C74E #4E43C7

tetradic

#C74E43 #7AC743 #43BCC7 #9043C7

square

#C74E43 #7AC743 #43BCC7 #9043C7

split-complementary

#C74E43 #43C790 #437AC7

monochromatic

#6F2721 #9E382F #C74E43 #D57A72 #E3A7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C74E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C74E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74E43

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74E43	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)

#6E6541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.157 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8477',
    500: '#c74e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e43;
$custom-light: #df8477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5828,
    "c": 0.15683,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E43

secondary

#96CBD0

accent

#D1DD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E43

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

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