Recognised as Colour

#C74D63

#C74D63
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#C74D63 is a red with RGB values 199, 77, 99 and HSL 349°, 52%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#C74D63

RGBrgb(199, 77, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.302, 0.3882

RGB percentages78%, 30.2%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(349.2, 52.1%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.2, 61.3%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 61.3%, 50.3%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,061,475

CSS custom property--colour: #C74D63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.67:1

Contrast with white4.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#38B29C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#686763no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#888060no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D83A55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 11.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 17.3 Light coral · ΔE 19 Brown · ΔE 21.4 Salmon · ΔE 24.2 Firebrick · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4DC7B1

Analogous#C74DA0, #C7744D

Triadic#63C74D, #4D63C7

Split complementary#4DC774, #4DA0C7

Tetradic#A0C74D, #4DC7B1, #744DC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F8E8EB

Lighter +30%#ECC1C9

Lighter +20%#DF9BA7

Lighter +10%#D37485

Darker −10%#AB364B

Darker −20%#842A3A

Darker −30%#5E1D29

Darker −40%#371118

More saturated +25%#E43050

Less saturated −25%#AA6A76

Channel breakdown

R199

G77

B99

Red199 (78%)

Green77 (30.2%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue349.18°

Saturation (HSL)52.14%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 4D · B 63

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