#C74F3D#C74F3D

#C74F3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.157 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74F3D
RGB	rgb(199, 79, 61)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.59, 46.77, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.59, 58.44, 36.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.1348 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.157 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1942, 18.0747, 6.4707)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74F3D #3DB5C7

analogous

#C73D70 #C74F3D #C7943D

triadic

#C74F3D #3DC74F #4F3DC7

tetradic

#C74F3D #70C73D #3DB5C7 #943DC7

square

#C74F3D #70C73D #3DB5C7 #943DC7

split-complementary

#C74F3D #3DC794 #3D70C7

monochromatic

#6B291F #9A3B2D #C74F3D #D57A6C #E2A59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#C74F3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#C74F3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74F3D

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74F3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74F3D	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)

#6F663B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74f3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 79, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.157 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8573',
    500: '#c74f3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74f3d;
$custom-light: #df8573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74f3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58322,
    "c": 0.15704,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74F3D

secondary

#91C6CE

accent

#CBDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74F3D

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

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