#C73735#C73735

#C73735 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.181 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73735
RGB	rgb(199, 55, 53)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 56.29, 35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 66.41, 32.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.163 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.181 26)
XYZ	xyz(25.5649, 15.1354, 4.9428)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73735 #35C5C7

analogous

#C7357C #C73735 #C78035

triadic

#C73735 #35C737 #3735C7

tetradic

#C73735 #7CC735 #35C5C7 #8035C7

square

#C73735 #7CC735 #35C5C7 #8035C7

split-complementary

#C73735 #35C780 #357CC7

monochromatic

#661C1B #972A28 #C73735 #D66564 #E29594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C73735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C73735 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73735

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73735	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 55, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.181 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1786d',
    500: '#c73735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73735;
$custom-light: #e1786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.822,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55462,
    "c": 0.1814,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.15132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73735

secondary

#8ACDCE

accent

#DFE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73735

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

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