#C73432#C73432

#C73432 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.184 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73432
RGB	rgb(199, 52, 50)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 57.22, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 67.86, 32.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.1653 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.184 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3598, 14.8323, 4.5446)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73432 #32C5C7

analogous

#C7327B #C73432 #C77F32

triadic

#C73432 #32C734 #3432C7

tetradic

#C73432 #7BC732 #32C5C7 #7F32C7

square

#C73432 #7BC732 #32C5C7 #7F32C7

split-complementary

#C73432 #32C77F #327BC7

monochromatic

#651A19 #962726 #C73432 #D7615F #E39190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#C73432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#C73432 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73432

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73432	1.00	5.30	3.97	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 52, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.184 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1776a',
    500: '#c73432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73432;
$custom-light: #e1776a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.805,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55141,
    "c": 0.18436,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73432

secondary

#87CDCE

accent

#E1E345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73432

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

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