#C73233#C73233

#C73233 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.186 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73233
RGB	rgb(199, 50, 51)
HSL	hsl(360, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(360, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 57.93, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 68.03, 31.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.1678 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.186 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2943, 14.6663, 4.6303)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73233 #32C7C6

analogous

#C7327E #C73233 #C77C32

triadic

#C73233 #33C732 #3233C7

tetradic

#C73233 #7EC732 #32C7C6 #7C32C7

square

#C73233 #7EC732 #32C7C6 #7C32C7

split-complementary

#C73233 #32C77C #327EC7

monochromatic

#65191A #962626 #C73233 #D75F60 #E39091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#C73233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C73233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73233

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73233	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 50, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.186 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1766b',
    500: '#c73233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73233;
$custom-light: #e1766b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.597,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54973,
    "c": 0.18589,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73233

secondary

#87CECD

accent

#E3E245

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73233

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

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