#C74F38#C74F38

#C74F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.158 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74F38
RGB	rgb(199, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 46.52, 37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 59.91, 39.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.133 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.158 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0658, 18.0233, 5.7942)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74F38 #38B0C7

analogous

#C73869 #C74F38 #C79638

triadic

#C74F38 #38C74F #4F38C7

tetradic

#C74F38 #69C738 #38B0C7 #9638C7

square

#C74F38 #69C738 #38B0C7 #9638C7

split-complementary

#C74F38 #38C796 #3869C7

monochromatic

#67291D #973C2B #C74F38 #D47968 #E2A398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C74F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C74F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74F38

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74F38	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#706535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.158 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df856f',
    500: '#c74f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74f38;
$custom-light: #df856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.65,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58255,
    "c": 0.15819,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74F38

secondary

#8DC3CD

accent

#C7DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74F38

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

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