#C74F3C#C74F3C

#C74F3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.157 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74F3C
RGB	rgb(199, 79, 60)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 46.72, 35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 58.72, 37.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.1344 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.157 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1675, 18.0640, 6.3302)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74F3C #3CB4C7

analogous

#C73C6F #C74F3C #C7943C

triadic

#C74F3C #3CC74F #4F3CC7

tetradic

#C74F3C #6FC73C #3CB4C7 #943CC7

square

#C74F3C #6FC73C #3CB4C7 #943CC7

split-complementary

#C74F3C #3CC794 #3C6FC7

monochromatic

#6A291E #9A3B2C #C74F3C #D57A6C #E2A59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#C74F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#C74F3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74F3C

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74F3C	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 79, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.157 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8572',
    500: '#c74f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74f3c;
$custom-light: #df8572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.201,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58308,
    "c": 0.15726,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74F3C

secondary

#91C6CE

accent

#CADF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74F3C

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

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