#C74F30#C74F30

#C74F30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.160 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74F30
RGB	rgb(199, 79, 48)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 46.16, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 62.38, 42.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1304 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.16 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8855, 17.9512, 4.8449)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74F30 #30A8C7

analogous

#C7305C #C74F30 #C79A30

triadic

#C74F30 #30C74F #4F30C7

tetradic

#C74F30 #5CC730 #30A8C7 #9A30C7

square

#C74F30 #5CC730 #30A8C7 #9A30C7

split-complementary

#C74F30 #30C79A #305CC7

monochromatic

#642818 #963B24 #C74F30 #D8765C #E49F8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C74F30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C74F30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74F30

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74F30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74F30	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)

#70652C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74f30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 79, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.160 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0856a',
    500: '#c74f30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74f30;
$custom-light: #e0856a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74f30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.318,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58161,
    "c": 0.16012,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74F30

secondary

#85BFCE

accent

#C3E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74F30

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

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