#C74F2E#C74F2E

#C74F2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.161 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74F2E
RGB	rgb(199, 79, 46)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 76.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 46.08, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 63.01, 43.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1298 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.161 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8452, 17.9351, 4.6325)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74F2E #2EA6C7

analogous

#C72E5A #C74F2E #C79B2E

triadic

#C74F2E #2EC74F #4F2EC7

tetradic

#C74F2E #5AC72E #2EA6C7 #9B2EC7

square

#C74F2E #5AC72E #2EA6C7 #9B2EC7

split-complementary

#C74F2E #2EC79B #2E5AC7

monochromatic

#642817 #953B23 #C74F2E #D97559 #E49E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C74F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C74F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74F2E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74F2E	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71652A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 79, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.161 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08569',
    500: '#c74f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74f2e;
$custom-light: #e08569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.941,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5814,
    "c": 0.1606,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74F2E

secondary

#83BECE

accent

#C2E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74F2E

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

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