#C74E45#C74E45

#C74E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.156 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E45
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 47.68, 30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 56.54, 32.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.1391 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.156 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3544, 18.0242, 7.6677)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E45 #45BEC7

analogous

#C7457D #C74E45 #C78F45

triadic

#C74E45 #45C74E #4E45C7

tetradic

#C74E45 #7DC745 #45BEC7 #8F45C7

square

#C74E45 #7DC745 #45BEC7 #8F45C7

split-complementary

#C74E45 #45C78F #457DC7

monochromatic

#702722 #9F3830 #C74E45 #D57B74 #E3A8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C74E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C74E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74E45

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74E45	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#6E6543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.156 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8479',
    500: '#c74e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e45;
$custom-light: #df8479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.154,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58312,
    "c": 0.15646,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E45

secondary

#98CCD0

accent

#D3DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E45

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

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