#C74F2A#C74F2A

#C74F2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.162 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74F2A
RGB	rgb(199, 79, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 45.93, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 64.27, 44.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.1286 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.162 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7700, 17.9050, 4.2364)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74F2A #2AA2C7

analogous

#C72A54 #C74F2A #C79D2A

triadic

#C74F2A #2AC74F #4F2AC7

tetradic

#C74F2A #54C72A #2AA2C7 #9D2AC7

square

#C74F2A #54C72A #2AA2C7 #9D2AC7

split-complementary

#C74F2A #2AC79D #2A54C7

monochromatic

#622715 #943B1F #C74F2A #DB7353 #E59C86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C74F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C74F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74F2A

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74F2A	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 79, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.162 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08566',
    500: '#c74f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74f2a;
$custom-light: #e08566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.14,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58101,
    "c": 0.16158,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74F2A

secondary

#7EBCCF

accent

#C0E840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74F2A

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

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