#C73635#C73635

#C73635 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.182 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73635
RGB	rgb(199, 54, 53)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.69, 56.65, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.69, 66.64, 31.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.1642 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.182 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5179, 15.0414, 4.9271)
Luminance	0.1504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73635 #35C6C7

analogous

#C7357D #C73635 #C77F35

triadic

#C73635 #35C736 #3635C7

tetradic

#C73635 #7DC735 #35C6C7 #7F35C7

square

#C73635 #7DC735 #35C6C7 #7F35C7

split-complementary

#C73635 #35C77F #357DC7

monochromatic

#661C1B #972928 #C73635 #D66464 #E29494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#C73635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C73635 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73635

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73635	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 54, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.182 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1786c',
    500: '#c73635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73635;
$custom-light: #e1786c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.411,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55367,
    "c": 0.18227,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73635

secondary

#8ACDCE

accent

#E0E147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73635

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

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