#C74F35#C74F35

#C74F35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.159 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74F35
RGB	rgb(199, 79, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 46.38, 39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 60.82, 40.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.132 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.159 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9946, 17.9948, 5.4193)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74F35 #35ADC7

analogous

#C73564 #C74F35 #C79835

triadic

#C74F35 #35C74F #4F35C7

tetradic

#C74F35 #64C735 #35ADC7 #9835C7

square

#C74F35 #64C735 #35ADC7 #9835C7

split-complementary

#C74F35 #35C798 #3564C7

monochromatic

#66291B #973C28 #C74F35 #D67864 #E2A294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C74F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C74F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74F35

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74F35	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 79, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.159 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0856d',
    500: '#c74f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74f35;
$custom-light: #e0856d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.685,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58218,
    "c": 0.15891,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74F35

secondary

#8AC2CE

accent

#C6E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74F35

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

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