#C73530#C73530

#C73530 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.184 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73530
RGB	rgb(199, 53, 48)
HSL	hsl(2, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 56.79, 37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 68.19, 33.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.21% 0.1636 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(55.21% 0.184 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3627, 14.9056, 4.3373)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73530 #30C2C7

analogous

#C73076 #C73530 #C78030

triadic

#C73530 #30C735 #3530C7

tetradic

#C73530 #76C730 #30C2C7 #8030C7

square

#C73530 #76C730 #30C2C7 #8030C7

split-complementary

#C73530 #30C780 #3076C7

monochromatic

#641B18 #962824 #C73530 #D8605C #E4918E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#C73530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#C73530 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73530

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73530	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61572E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 53, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.184 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17769',
    500: '#c73530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73530;
$custom-light: #e17769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.987,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55209,
    "c": 0.18377,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73530

secondary

#85CCCE

accent

#DFE444

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73530

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

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