#C74E4E#C74E4E

#C74E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.155 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E4E
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 48.26, 25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 54.49, 27.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1426 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.155 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6553, 18.1446, 9.2522)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E4E #4EC7C7

analogous

#C74E8B #C74E4E #C78B4E

triadic

#C74E4E #4EC74E #4E4EC7

tetradic

#C74E4E #8BC74E #4EC7C7 #8B4EC7

square

#C74E4E #8BC74E #4EC7C7 #8B4EC7

split-complementary

#C74E4E #4EC78B #4E8BC7

monochromatic

#752525 #A43434 #C74E4E #D67C7C #E4ABAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C74E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C74E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74E4E

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74E4E	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B804B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.155 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de857f',
    500: '#c74e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e4e;
$custom-light: #de857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58468,
    "c": 0.15512,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E4E

secondary

#9FD2D2

accent

#DBDB4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E4E

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

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