#C74E48#C74E48

#C74E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.156 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E48
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(3, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 63.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 47.86, 28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 55.81, 30.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.1403 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.156 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4499, 18.0624, 8.1706)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E48 #48C1C7

analogous

#C74881 #C74E48 #C78E48

triadic

#C74E48 #48C74E #4E48C7

tetradic

#C74E48 #81C748 #48C1C7 #8E48C7

square

#C74E48 #81C748 #48C1C7 #8E48C7

split-complementary

#C74E48 #48C78E #4881C7

monochromatic

#722723 #A13631 #C74E48 #D57B77 #E4A9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#C74E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#C74E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74E48

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74E48	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.156 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df847b',
    500: '#c74e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e48;
$custom-light: #df847b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.835,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58362,
    "c": 0.15595,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E48

secondary

#9ACED1

accent

#D6DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E48

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

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