#c74a4a

Color #c74a4a

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Indian Red #cd5c5c · ΔE 8.1 Nearest Tailwind class rose-600 #ec003f · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c74a4a

RGB

rgb(199, 74, 74)

HSL

hsl(0, 52.7%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 62.8%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 62.8%, 22%)

LAB

lab(48.93, 49.78, 26.71)

LCH

lch(48.93, 56.49, 28.22)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.16, 23.54)

HWB

hwb(0, 29%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4ac7c7

Analogous

#c74a88

#c74a4a

#c7884a

Triadic

#c74a4a

#4ac74a

#4a4ac7

Split-complementary

#c74a4a

#4ac788

#4a88c7

Tetradic

#c74a4a

#c7c74a

#4ac7c7

#4a4ac7

Square

#c74a4a

#88c74a

#4ac7c7

#884ac7

Shades

Color #c74a4a mixed toward black.

#ae3636

#8b2b2b

#682020

#451616

#230b0b

Tints

Color #c74a4a mixed toward white.

#d06868

#da8686

#e3a4a4

#ecc3c3

#f6e1e1

Tones

Color #c74a4a mixed toward gray.

#bc5454

#b25f5f

#a86969

#9d7474

#937e7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.51:1

White text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a09f4a · ΔE 45.4

Deuteranopia

#a6ad4a · ΔE 50.2

Tritanopia

#c34a4a · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c74a4a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c74a4a]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#c74a4a (#c74a4a) is rgb(199, 74, 74) in RGB.

No, #c74a4a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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