#C73835#C73835

#C73835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.181 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73835
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 53)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.95, 55.93, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.95, 66.19, 32.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.1619 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.181 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6129, 15.2314, 4.9588)
Luminance	0.1523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73835 #35C4C7

analogous

#C7357B #C73835 #C78135

triadic

#C73835 #35C738 #3835C7

tetradic

#C73835 #7BC735 #35C4C7 #8135C7

square

#C73835 #7BC735 #35C4C7 #8135C7

split-complementary

#C73835 #35C781 #357BC7

monochromatic

#661D1B #972A28 #C73835 #D66664 #E29694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C73835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C73835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73835

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73835	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.181 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1796d',
    500: '#c73835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73835;
$custom-light: #e1796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.233,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5556,
    "c": 0.18052,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73835

secondary

#8ACCCE

accent

#DEE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73835

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

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