#C73732#C73732

#C73732 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.182 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73732
RGB	rgb(199, 55, 50)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 56.17, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 67.21, 33.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.162 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.182 27)
XYZ	xyz(25.4980, 15.1087, 4.5907)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73732 #32C2C7

analogous

#C73278 #C73732 #C78232

triadic

#C73732 #32C737 #3732C7

tetradic

#C73732 #78C732 #32C2C7 #8232C7

square

#C73732 #78C732 #32C2C7 #8232C7

split-complementary

#C73732 #32C782 #3278C7

monochromatic

#651C19 #962926 #C73732 #D7635F #E39390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C73732 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C73732 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73732

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73732	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73732	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73732;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 55, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.182 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1786a',
    500: '#c73732',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73732;
$custom-light: #e1786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73732",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.013,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55424,
    "c": 0.18181,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73732

secondary

#87CBCE

accent

#DEE345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73732

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

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